Health tourism identified as traveling to other countries due to the lack of an expected treatment or a high cost of treatment in the patient’s origin country. These travels aim to have health tourism to have a higher quality and cheaper medical treatment in different countries.

The existence of high medical technology in addition to tourist attractions in Iran, this country is one of the most popular tourist destinations for patients who are willing to have medical tourism. In addition to achieving your medical treatment, through traveling to Iran, you have the chance to get to know Iranian old tradition and cultures and experience amazing natures and historical buildings.

Iran is one of the 10 highest ranked countries in the world in truism attraction and four seasons of nature. Regarding the medical treatment, this country has a deep history back to 1000 years ago and many of the medical doctors and specialists working in Iran are well known in the world. This country invested in medical infrastructure, standardized hospitals, and trained experience doctors in order to provide a successful medical/health tourism industry in the world.

In opposite to many other countries, in Iran, patients are not required to stay in a long waiting list and suffer from this process. When these patients submit their request for treatment and get into the country (Iran), they will immediately be able to start their treatment process.

The existence of high quality of health care in addition to a lower treatment cost made a lot of tourisms to choose Iran for their medical treatment.

The medical/ health tourism includes three subcategories;

1-Medical Tourism:

Medical treatment is one of the most important parts of the health tourism which patients are able to be in touch with their aimed medical doctors and hospitals to set up their treatments including setting up an appointment, checking up, having surgeries, etc.

2-Curative Tourism:

Curative tourism is one part of the health treatment that patients are able to use nature treatments (such as; natural mineral springs, salt lakes, radioactive sands, green bath, sunlight, clean weather, massage treatment, clean and healthy environment in order to improve their skin disease, respiratory problems, arthritis, Neural and dystonia disorder, rheumatism, and recovery after surgery

3-Health Tourism:

In this tourism, patients are traveling and getting involved in healthy and fun tours to improve their health physically and mentally. Fortunately, having a lot of tourism attractions and potentials in Iran, this country is one of the best destinations for cancer, surgeries, generic surgeries, diagnosis and clinical, neurosurgery, cardiovascular, skin and hair, beauty surgeries, ophthalmology, dental, urology, otolaryngology, Orthopedic, and Organ Transplantation.    

Thus, due to the health tourism facilities and infrastructures that are provided by the Iranian government, patients who are willing to travel to Iran are able to easily apply for their treatment process, getting into the country, and start their treatment immediately.

Therefore, if you planned to have health care outside of your country, Petra Agency recommends you choose us to get the benefit of both having treatments under experienced medical doctors and experiencing historical and natural attractions in Iran.