In recent years, global medical tourism as a sector of the tourism economy has been developing rapidly. The growing demand for quality and inexpensive healthcare services leads to the movement of patients to foreign countries in search of decent medical care.

    One of the important factors in the development of medical tourism is the exchange of tourists between countries. This is often facilitated by the lack of treatment for a particular disease in the country of residence.

90% of foreign visitors are citizens of CIS countries - Russia, Kyrgyzstan, and Uzbekistan. The remaining 10% are citizens of China, Iran аnd Belarus.

The key advantages of medical organizations in Astana are:

- access to modern medical technologies and new facilities.

- international quality standards.

- acceptable cost of medical services.

- absence of language barrier for citizens of CIS countries.

- availability of developed tourist infrastructure.

The main advantage remains High quality at low cost of medical services compared to foreign clinics, which will ensure the attractiveness of Astana clinics for medical tourists from other countries.

During the meeting a presentation of the key areas of medical care in the Capital, namely:

- cardiac surgery.

-neurosurgery.

-child rehabilitation.

-dentistry.

-plastic surgery.

Also, representatives of Aurora Medical Clinic LLC were invited to familiarization information tours of Astana clinics to demonstrate medical and scientific capabilities, level of infrastructure and service of clinics.