MODERN TRENDS, DETERMINANTS AND PROSPECTS OF DEVELOPMENT OF MEDICAL AND HEALTH-IMPROVEMENT TOURISM IN UKRAINE

Authors

  • O. M. Mochulska I. Horbachevsky Ternopil National Medical University, Ternopil, Ukraine
  • A. H. Shulhai I. Horbachevsky Ternopil National Medical University, Ternopil, Ukraine
  • O. A. Oshlianska P. Shupyk National Medical Academy of Postgraduate Education, Kyiv, Ukraine
  • V. I. Bondarchuk I. Horbachevsky Ternopil National Medical University, Ternopil, Ukraine
  • Yu. V. Zavidnyuk I. Horbachevsky Ternopil National Medical University, Ternopil, Ukraine
  • I. B. Chornomydz I. Horbachevsky Ternopil National Medical University, Ternopil, Ukraine
  • L. I. Dobrovolska I. Horbachevsky Ternopil National Medical University, Ternopil, Ukraine
  • A. S. Sverstiuk I. Horbachevsky Ternopil National Medical University, Ternopil, Ukraine

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.11603/1681-2786.2019.3.10593

Keywords:

tourism, tourist infrastructure, medical tourism, health-improvement spa- and wellness-tourism

Abstract

Purpose: to analyse the current state, the main trends and features of tourism infrastructure functioning, to study determinants, prospects for the development of medical, health-improving spa- and wellness-tourism in the world.

Materials and Methods. Bibliosemantic, structural-logical, mathematical-statistical and analytical methods were used in the research.

Results. Medical and health-improving spa- and wellness-tourism are in the stage of active rapid development. Spa- and wellness-tourism became an integral part of population life in most countries around the world. The client (patient) choosing medical, health-improving spa- and wellness-tourism can at the same time relax, be comprehensively examined and receive treatment, rejuvenate and improve appearance. Medical and health-improving spa and wellness tourism has such great potential that it now stands out in an independent segment of the tourist market with a wide range of investment opportunities: from large-scale hotel projects adjacent to the clinics and located within the city, to existing ones specialized complexes with some modifications in the structure of services.

Conclusions. Medical health-improving spa- and wellness-tourism are the most promising types of tourism in the world, actively evolving under the influence of political and economic factors that are caused by the transformational processes taking place in the world.

Author Biographies

O. M. Mochulska, I. Horbachevsky Ternopil National Medical University, Ternopil, Ukraine

Mochulska Oksana Mykolaivna – PhD (Medicine), Assistant, Department of Children's Diseases with Pediatric Surgery, I. Ya. Horbachevsky Ternopil National Medical University

A. H. Shulhai, I. Horbachevsky Ternopil National Medical University, Ternopil, Ukraine

Shulhai Arkadiy Havrylovych – Vice-Rector for scientific and pedagogical work, Doctor of Medicine, MD, Professor, Department of Public Health and Health Management, I. Ya. Horbachevsky Ternopil National Medical University

O. A. Oshlianska, P. Shupyk National Medical Academy of Postgraduate Education, Kyiv, Ukraine

Oshlianska Olena Anatoliyivna – Doctor of Medicine, MD, Associate Professor, Department of Pediatrics # 1, National Medical Academy of Postgraduate Education named after P. L. Shupyk.

V. I. Bondarchuk, I. Horbachevsky Ternopil National Medical University, Ternopil, Ukraine

Bondarchuk Valentyna Ivanivna – PhD, Assistant, Departments of Physical Rehabilitation, Human Health and Physical Education, I. Ya. Horbachevsky Ternopil National Medical University

Yu. V. Zavidnyuk, I. Horbachevsky Ternopil National Medical University, Ternopil, Ukraine

Zavidnyuk Yuriy Viktorovych – assistant, Department of Medical Rehabilitation, I. Ya. Horbachevsky Ternopil National Medical University

I. B. Chornomydz, I. Horbachevsky Ternopil National Medical University, Ternopil, Ukraine

Chornomydz Iryna Bohdanivna – PhD, Associate Professor, Department of Children's Diseases with Pediatric Surgery, I. Ya. Horbachevsky Ternopil National Medical University

L. I. Dobrovolska, I. Horbachevsky Ternopil National Medical University, Ternopil, Ukraine

Dobrovolska Lesia Ivanivna – PhD, Assistant, Department of Children's Diseases with Pediatric Surgery, I. Ya. Horbachevsky Ternopil National Medical University

A. S. Sverstiuk, I. Horbachevsky Ternopil National Medical University, Ternopil, Ukraine

Sverstiuk Andriy Stepanovych – PhD, Associate Professor, Department of Medical Informatics, I. Ya. Horbachevsky Ternopil National Medical University

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Published

2019-11-15

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Mochulska, O. M., Shulhai, A. H., Oshlianska, O. A., Bondarchuk, V. I., Zavidnyuk, Y. V., Chornomydz, I. B., … Sverstiuk, A. S. (2019). MODERN TRENDS, DETERMINANTS AND PROSPECTS OF DEVELOPMENT OF MEDICAL AND HEALTH-IMPROVEMENT TOURISM IN UKRAINE . Bulletin of Social Hygiene and Health Protection Organization of Ukraine, (3), 56–61. https://doi.org/10.11603/1681-2786.2019.3.10593

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No. 3 (2019)

Section

Organization of medical care

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