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Many respondents suggested strategies to match these strengths with opportunities. Some<br />

were quite creative strategies which may show an initial path for the practioners S/T<br />

strategies were found to be especially useful in today’s period of economic crisis. The<br />

findings indicated that coordination of related groups, planning, targeted promotion <strong>and</strong> local<br />

interest are very important for the development of health tourism in the Izmir city. Some of<br />

the weak points mentioned were; lack of focus on planning issues, lack of st<strong>and</strong>ardization,<br />

inappropriate promotion <strong>and</strong> marketing strategies <strong>and</strong> limited bed capacity. Professional <strong>and</strong><br />

centralized marketing <strong>and</strong> managing of the issue were identified as vulnerable points where a<br />

special focus of attention should be given to. W/O strategies were found to be especially<br />

useful for this process. It was indicated that thus there is a huge potential for the development<br />

of health tourism in Izmir, the resources are not fully utilized <strong>and</strong> with the application of<br />

proper strategies <strong>and</strong> measures, it may become one of the important health tourism destination<br />

in the global market.<br />

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