Medical Tourism with Emphasis on Tourism for People with Disabilities in Greece

Maria Rapti, Anastasios Sepetis () and George Pierrakos
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Maria Rapti: University of West Attica
Anastasios Sepetis: University of West Attica
George Pierrakos: University of West Attica

A chapter in Strategic Innovative Marketing and Tourism, 2024, pp 513-521 from Springer

Abstract: Abstract This is a research endeavor aiming to highlight the significance of Medical Tourism with regard to people with disabilities, as is often referred to in the literature and legislative texts. The international approach to the provision of medical tourism services is examined everyday but the tourist policies for people with disabilities, and the position of Greek accessible Tourism need more researcher. The objective of this review is to offer a synthesis of the steps that have been taken and the efforts that have been undertaken in this direction in the Greek medical tourism in relation to disabled people, as far as prospects, imminent benefits, but also any further actions that could take place. The aim is to bring out all the dimensions of the subject both through the literature review and the search for existing implementation methods and best pratices as well as through the research approach and analysis of existing situations, at national and international level.

Keywords: Medical tourism; Health tourism; Accessible tourism; Tourism for the disabled (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2024
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DOI: 10.1007/978-3-031-51038-0_56

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