<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?> <article key="pdf/8697" mdate="2012-08-29 00:00:00"> <author>Pei-Ti Chen and Ren-Hua Kung and Ming 鈥揧i Huang and Fuu-Diing Chen and Lei Pei</author> <title>Exploring the Medical Tourism Development Barriers and Participation Willingness in Taiwan An Example of Mainland Tourist</title> <pages>2132 - 2137</pages> <year>2012</year> <volume>6</volume> <number>8</number> <journal>International Journal of Humanities and Social Sciences</journal> <ee>https://publications.waset.org/pdf/8697</ee> <url>https://publications.waset.org/vol/68</url> <publisher>World Academy of Science, Engineering and Technology</publisher> <abstract>Medical Tourism is a new development in Taiwan recently. The willingness and barriers of potential tourists from China to participate medical tourism are studied. A questionnaire survey is conducted and the SPSS software is used to analyze data. The results show that under one fifth of respondents express full medical tourism participation willingness. Among travel barriers toward medical tourism, &amp;ldquo;insufficient information of medical tourism trip&amp;quot;, &amp;ldquo;not enough time&amp;quot;, &amp;ldquo;no companion&amp;quot;, &amp;ldquo;worrying about unsatisfied itinerary.&amp;quot; are perceived the most important barriers.</abstract> <index>Open Science Index 68, 2012</index> </article>