The article is devoted to the study of the prospects of attracting medical tourists into Russia from the Persian Gulf countries. The Russian health care system has a number of competitive advantages to attract medical tourists from foreign countries: availability of highly qualified medical personnel, advanced technologies, high level of digitization of health care and possibility to provide high-tech medical care at relatively low prices for similar services. All this, in the aggregate, permits to meet the demand of the population of the Persian Gulf countries for medical care. The comparative analysis of the health care systems of the Persian Gulf countries and Russia demonstrated that Russian health care by many indicators surpasses health care systems of the Persian Gulf countries. The Russia has reputation of the country proposing the utmost modern methods of treatment by lower prices. However, and the level of qualification of medical workers, has a reputation as a country offering the most modern methods of treatment at lower prices. However, in our country, entrance medical tourism is developed insufficiently. The study of the prospects for attracting medical tourists from the Persian Gulf countries demonstrated availability of potential to develop entrance medical tourism.

medical tourism, health care system, Persian Gulf countries, push factors, pull factors, health care sector, medical care, potential for attracting medical tourists.