TRENDS AND OPPORTUNITIES OF MEDICAL TOURISM AND ITS DEVELOPMENT IN UZBEKISTAN
Keywords:
medical tourism, health care, medical services, annual tourists flow, tourism for the medical treatment, tourism preferences.Abstract
This article provides an overview of the medical tourism industry in Uzbekistan. Topics which are taken into consideration are demographics of tourists, citizens preferences for the internal and external medical treatment visits, current level of the medical tourism industry and development level of medical tourism in Uzbekistan.
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