Hamiloglu examines his patient Abu Saed, a 49-year old medical tourist from a Gulf country, following...
Emirali Hamiloglu (L) examines his patient Abu Saed, a 49-year old medical tourist from a Gulf country, following hair transplant operation at a clinic of Esteworld, an aesthetic private hospital group, in Istanbul March 19, 2013. As it tries to boost tourism revenues and narrow its current account deficit, its main economic weakness, Turkey is on a mission to diversify away from the all-inclusive package tours to its sun-drenched Mediterranean shores which, local businesses complain, often do too little for the local economy. Of 37 million tourists visiting Turkey last year, about 270,000 came for surgical procedures from moustache implants to liposuction, generating $1 billion in revenues and representing a small but growing fraction of tourism receipts. Picture taken March 19, 2013. REUTERS/Murad Sezer (TURKEY - Tags: HEALTH TRAVEL BUSINESS SOCIETY)