Abstract
Diversification of incomes is an important element in economic and social development efforts. Health tourism, which has an important place in this diversity, has started to be discussed more, especially after the COVID-19 pandemic. Therefore, it has become a necessity for countries to develop diversity in alternative tourism services. In this context, in this study, which focuses on comparing the health tourism potentials of metropolitan cities in Turkey, comparison criteria were determined, and the weighting of these criteria was made with CRITIC, one of the multi-criteria decision-making methods. Thirty metropolitan cities were ranked by WASPAS method using these weights and criterion values. According to the ranking results, Istanbul, Antalya, Ankara, Izmir and Adana took the first five places. Hatay, Mersin, Mardin, Sakarya and Şanlıurfa took the last place. According to these results, strategic suggestions that are considered to contribute to regional and national competitiveness in the field of medical health tourism are also included.