Historically, Saudi Arabia has been an exporter of medical tourists, with many Saudi citizens seeking advanced healthcare in Western Europe, the US, and the UK.
Medical tourism, largely sponsored by the Kingdom, has played a crucial role in this trend, and Saudi patients have often been a cornerstone of the economies of foreign clinics in these countries.
The halt in this flow, due to the global economic changes accompanying the COVID-19 pandemic, had a severe effect on these foreign medical facilities. One of the key issues the pandemic exposed was the lack of sustainability and integration in these countries.
At the same time, the Kingdom’s favorable environment for developing health tourism presents a unique qualitative…
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