Is Germany known as one of the most popular medical tourism destinations in the world?

Speaking of medical tourism, many people will think of the scene in the movie Princess Cece: After suffering from severe lung disease, the Bavarian princess dropped everything and traveled around, feeling in a good mood and miraculously recovered. This should be one of the most famous cases of medical tourism. Today, Germany is one of the most popular medical tourism destinations in the world.

According to the report of the German Economic Research Institute in July, last year, nearly 300,000 foreigners went to Germany for medical treatment, bringing 654.38+08 billion euros in income to Germany. Most of these people come from Europe, the United States, Russian, Gulf countries and China.

"There are three main types of medical tourism in Germany," Price, a tourism economist at the University of Munich in Germany, told reporters. The first is health tourism. The reporter once participated in a healthy tour of a German tourist agency, including going to the Alps, staying in an organic hotel, participating in sports activities such as hiking and fitness, and cooking healthy meals. Second, recuperation tourism. There are more than 300 advanced convalescent hot springs and resorts in Germany, which are especially suitable for people who have recovered from illness. The third is hospitalization travel. This is mainly concentrated in Frankfurt, Berlin, Munich and other big cities, where there are the most famous medical institutions in Germany, and patients can perform heart surgery and orthopedic surgery.

Placci said that it is not difficult for foreigners to go to Germany for medical treatment, and they can also get special medical visas. But cost is the difficulty. Especially the third kind, if it is a serious disease such as cancer, the treatment cost will be at least several thousand euros, or even tens of thousands of euros.

In recent years, China investors have also paid attention to the business opportunities of German medical tourism. The reporter learned that there are two main activities of investors in China: one is to invest in health centers and health hotels, and the main customers are tourists from China; The other is to acquire German hospitals and convalescent centers facing bankruptcy.