Özet:

Health tourism is generally called a patient to go from the country in which he lives for the purpose of treatment to another country. The person who goes for treatment is also called a health tourist. The objective of this study is to try to identify the current situation in Sanlıurfa on health tourism that has begun to rapidly develop and spread in our country as well as in the world in recent years and to try to evaluate the strengths and weaknesses of Sanlıurfa in the field of health tourism and the opportunities and threats in the field of health tourism. In addition, in terms of support for health tourism, the current situation of the general tourism facilities in Sanlıurfa and other sector stakeholders is examined. According to the data obtained in the study, there is a serious potential for health tourism in Sanlıurfa. However, if it is necessary to provide health care services in Sanlıurfa, considering the existing possibilities of general tourism, there are a number of problems that can be implemented and made, and for these problems to be resolved, it is necessary that a number of measures should be taken to the implementation by public institutions and private sector stakeholders throughout the province. In particular, the lack of resources such as medical equipment, the facility which is necessary for the supply of human power and health services, creates a serious problem. In this context, a set of recommendations to be made by the health sector representatives or other sector stakeholders in the direction of the development and marketing of health tourism in Sanlıurfa has been attempted to be determined.