The Best Digital Marketing Agency for Health Tourism. Bring trusted treatment within global reach

We help hospitals, clinics, health tourism facilitators, and specialist treatment providers reach suitable international patients across priority markets. Through health tourism SEO, performance marketing, analytics, reporting, content marketing, and outreach, we turn cross-border treatment research into qualified consultations and coordinated patient journeys.

Health Tourism

Trusted by brands that want to grow fast and consistently.

Coca-Cola
Bilyoner
A101
Estee Lauder
Vodafone
Tatil Sepeti
BTCTürk | Hisse
ETSTUR
Yargıcı
Hepiyi Sigorta
Mavi
Medicalpark
Evidea
Jumbo
Toshiba
Vakko
Corendon Airlines
Petrol Ofisi
Suryapı
HDI Sigorta
Denizbank
Teknosa
Borusan Next

What brands achieve with Kriko

To date, we have achieved numerous successes with the brands we work with across many areas, from increasing visibility and traffic on traditional search and AI powered engines to performance marketing, data driven insights, conversion optimization, and content initiatives.

  • Petrol Ofisi case study
    254% increases in organic traffic
    373% increases in total sessions

    Our work for Petrol Ofisi resulted in a 373% increase in organic channel sessions.

  • A101 case study
    80% increase in total sessions
    61% increase in non-branded organic traffic

    A 165.72% increase in total sessions over the last six months compared with the same period in the previous year.

  • Greyder case study
    2x The CR across the entire purchase flow has increased.
    72% The CR from the checkout step to the purchase.

    Organic channel sessions increased by 100%, while conversions grew by 163.72%.

  • Sixt case study
    163% increased in organic revenue
    100% increased in organic traffic

    Organic channel sessions increased by 100%, while conversions grew by 163.72%.

  • HDI Turkiye case study
    104% Increase in non-branded traffic
    4 times all-time records broken

    A 104.8% increase in total non-branded clicks over the last three months compared with the previous year.

How do we work?

To date, we have achieved numerous successes with the brands we work with across many area

Expectations & Analysis

To date, we have achieved significant success with the brands we have worked with across a wide range of areas, from increasing visibility and traffic on traditional search engines and AI-powered platforms to performance marketing, data-driven insights, conversion optimisation, and content initiatives.

Competitive Analysis & Insight

We conduct thorough market and competitor research to uncover gaps, opportunities, and benchmarks that shape a winning strategy. Every insight is translated into actionable intelligence that gives your brand a measurable edge in an increasingly competitive landscape.

Team Assembly

We match each project with the right mix of specialists — strategists, creatives, analysts, and channel experts — assembled around your specific goals. This lean, purpose-built team structure ensures accountability, speed, and deep expertise at every stage of execution.

Communication & Project Management

Transparent communication and structured project management are at the core of every engagement. We keep stakeholders informed with regular reporting, clear timelines, and dedicated points of contact so nothing falls through the cracks and milestones are always met.

Data-Driven Strategy & Planning

Our strategies are based not on assumptions, but on real data, audience signals, channel performance, and market trends. We create precise media plans that direct budgets towards the areas delivering the highest returns and continuously refine our approach as new insights emerge.

Measurement & Improvement

We define clear KPIs from day one and measure everything that matters. Through ongoing performance analysis and iterative optimization, we ensure campaigns evolve in line with your business objectives, delivering sustained growth rather than one-time gains.

Don’t take our word for it, see what our clients say

4.8
(according to our customer surveys, based on 139 brands)

Many leading brands across different industries choose Kriko for their needs. You can draw inspiration from the success stories of brands growing with Kriko’s strategies and take action right away to build your own path to success.

GittiGidiyor sees strengthening its SEO and organic traffic as critical to sustaining growth above the market average; with confidence in Kriko’s experience and competencies in this field, it chose Kriko as its business partner and saw in a short time that it had made the right decision.

GittiGidiyor sees strengthening its SEO and organic traffic as critical to sustaining growth above the market average; with confidence in Kriko’s experience and competencies in this field, it chose Kriko as its business partner and saw in a short time that it had made the right decision.

As GittiGidiyor, we continue to move forward every year by growing far above market growth and gaining a greater share of the market. In order for this growth to continue in a healthy way, strengthening our SEO and organic traffic every day is critical for us. When choosing the business partners we will work with in this field, we always prefer to work with the best in their areas. With the trust we have in their experience and competencies, we chose Kriko as our business partner for our SEO operations, and even in the short time we have spent together, we can see that we made the right decision.

Feyza Dereli Fedar GittiGidiyor / eBay Türkiye - CMO
Kriko helped us make significant progress in a short time through the value it added to our website and digital channels. For us, it is not just an SEO company, but a companion to our website and a digital brand assistant.

Kriko helped us make significant progress in a short time through the value it added to our website and digital channels. For us, it is not just an SEO company, but a companion to our website and a digital brand assistant.

Since the first day we started working together, Kriko has supported us in making significant progress in a short time through the benefits it has provided to our website and digital channels. Therefore, it would be a big mistake to evaluate Kriko only under the title of an SEO company. For us, Kriko is a companion to our website, a consultant in every area we need, and a digital brand assistant that will always be needed for support in the world of search engines.

Melih Pazarlıoğlu Corendon Airlines - Ecommerce Manager
The team’s strong synergy, its commitment to maintaining its SEO focus, and its support as an always-accessible consultant for developments in the digital world were influential in our decision to choose Kriko.

The team’s strong synergy, its commitment to maintaining its SEO focus, and its support as an always-accessible consultant for developments in the digital world were influential in our decision to choose Kriko.

We met Mr. Ugur during a training he delivered and later had the opportunity to work together. The reasons we chose Kriko include the synergy Mr. Ugur reflects to you, their decision to stay within their own area of expertise, SEO, rather than focusing on every branch of digital, and the fact that although he positions himself as an SEO expert, he is always like a consultant just a phone call away, someone you can ask for ideas on developments in the digital world. We hope they continue with this professional perspective and amateur spirit, and that we continue to be their companions on this journey.

Volkan Arslan Alarko-Carrier - Marketing Director
Kriko accurately analyzed our brand and challenging industry dynamics, providing a comprehensive and actionable roadmap based on the right methodologies rather than generic recommendations.

Kriko accurately analyzed our brand and challenging industry dynamics, providing a comprehensive and actionable roadmap based on the right methodologies rather than generic recommendations.

From our very first meeting with Kriko, what they added to us was “applying a versatile and comprehensive roadmap with the right methodologies, instead of a word salad made up of commonly repeated generic information.” Their accurate analyses of our brand, which is positioned in a challenging vertical and has customer behaviors that are somewhat different from what is generally known, and of its dynamics, once again proved that we were not wrong in this view.

Metin Okur Sefamerve - CEO
Since the first day we started working with Kriko, we have had complete confidence in their SEO decisions, quickly implementing even the most critical business requirements and achieving positive results every time.

Since the first day we started working with Kriko, we have had complete confidence in their SEO decisions, quickly implementing even the most critical business requirements and achieving positive results every time.

Just as it can be frustrating to constantly question your doctor’s decisions while keeping in mind the possibility that they might make a mistake, it is equally frustrating to have to constantly review the decisions of the SEO consultant you work with. Since the first day I started working with Kriko, I have not had the slightest doubt about their decisions. It brings an incredible sense of peace of mind and focused calm. We implement even the most radical business requirements without delay, and each time we achieve positive results.

Ömer Deveci Şikayetvar - CEO
SHERPA Blog chose Kriko because of its ability to quickly adapt to the product management methodology, its expertise in SEO-friendly content production, and its data-driven approach; visible progress was achieved in SERP results within a short time.

SHERPA Blog chose Kriko because of its ability to quickly adapt to the product management methodology, its expertise in SEO-friendly content production, and its data-driven approach; visible progress was achieved in SERP results within a short time.

Kriko’s ability to quickly adapt to the SHERPA Blog team’s product management methodology, and its know-how in producing search engine-friendly content rather than relying solely on the power of mainstream SEO toolsets, played an important role in SHERPA Blog’s decision-making process. Seeing data-driven decision-making discipline as a core element of its management philosophy, SHERPA Blog achieved visible progress in SERP results through its still short-term collaboration with Kriko, led by Uğur Eskici.

Yakup Bayrak Sherpa - Founder & CEO

Awards

International Award-Winning Digital Marketing Agency

ETZ 2025

Best SEO Agency

Mena Search Awards

Best Small SEO Agency

GPTW 2024

Special Award: Diversity

GPTW 2024

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GPTW 2026

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Frequently Asked Questions

Health Tourism Digital Marketing Agency

Health tourism decisions combine medical needs with the practical and emotional challenges of travelling to another country for treatment. Prospective patients may compare specialists, hospitals, treatment methods, accreditation, pricing, waiting times, destinations, and recovery arrangements before contacting a provider. Their decision can also involve family members, local physicians, insurers, facilitators, translators, and patient coordinators. As a health tourism digital marketing agency, we help organisations communicate their capabilities clearly across this complex international journey. Our strategies connect SEO, performance marketing, analytics, reporting, content marketing, and outreach with qualified patient enquiries and treatment opportunities.

International Patient Search Strategy

International patients search differently according to their condition, preferred treatment, home country, language, budget, and willingness to travel. Some begin with a procedure-specific search, while others compare countries, hospitals, specialists, or complete medical tourism packages. We identify the queries that represent genuine treatment intent and organise them according to market, service line, and decision stage. This prevents the website from relying on broad health tourism terminology that may attract research traffic without producing suitable enquiries. A stronger search strategy connects each audience with the treatment information and consultation route most relevant to them.

Treatment and Destination SEO

Health tourism SEO must explain both the medical service and the experience of receiving that service abroad. We create dedicated pages around treatments, departments, physicians, technologies, facilities, destinations, and international patient services. Technical work may include website architecture, metadata, structured data, multilingual indexation, internal linking, page speed, and mobile usability. Treatment pages should contain useful clinical and practical information without making unsupported promises or presenting one approach as suitable for every patient. This helps healthcare providers improve international visibility while maintaining a more credible information standard.

Multilingual Market Development

Directly translating one English website is rarely enough to create demand across several international markets. Patients may use different terminology, search engines, cultural references, and decision criteria depending on their country and language. We develop market-specific SEO, content, landing pages, advertising, and enquiry journeys according to the commercial potential of each region. Localisation can also address currencies, travel access, communication preferences, patient expectations, and the availability of language support. This gives each market a relevant experience without fragmenting the healthcare organisation’s central brand and clinical identity.

Building Trust Before the First Consultation

Patients considering treatment abroad need clear evidence that the organisation is credible, accessible, and prepared to support international cases. Websites should present physician credentials, clinical departments, facilities, treatment processes, accreditations, patient services, and contact options in a structured manner. We help organisations identify which trust signals are important for each treatment and origin market. Content should remain accurate, verifiable, and consistent with the organisation’s medical, legal, and regulatory review processes. Stronger transparency reduces uncertainty and encourages suitable patients to begin a professional consultation.

Performance Marketing for International Patients

Health tourism advertising should be structured by treatment, origin market, language, patient intent, and service availability. We manage paid search, social advertising, video, display, and remarketing where the proposed campaign is appropriate for the platform and jurisdiction. Campaign messaging should avoid guaranteed outcomes, misleading comparisons, and pressure-based claims that exploit a patient’s health concerns. Optimisation should focus on qualified consultations, medical review eligibility, appointments, and treatment progression rather than the cheapest possible lead. This gives providers a more responsible way to scale international patient acquisition.

Lead Qualification and Patient Coordination

A health tourism lead becomes valuable only when the provider can assess the patient’s needs and determine whether further consultation is appropriate. We help design enquiry journeys that collect useful preliminary information without asking patients to submit excessive sensitive data through marketing systems. Forms may include treatment interest, preferred language, country, contact method, and the type of support requested. Detailed medical records should move through secure and approved clinical processes rather than ordinary analytics or advertising tools. Better qualification helps patient coordinators prioritise suitable cases and provide clearer next steps.

Improving the International Patient Journey

International patients may need information about consultation, documentation, travel, accommodation, hospital admission, payment, interpretation, treatment, and follow-up. When these details are scattered across several pages, prospective patients may abandon the process or contact the provider with basic logistical questions. We map the journey from initial research through consultation and arrival to identify uncertainty, duplication, and conversion friction. Recommendations may include clearer international patient pages, treatment pathways, coordinator access, frequently asked questions, and market-specific contact options. A more organised journey improves enquiry quality while demonstrating that the provider understands cross-border patient needs.

Content Marketing for Medical Travel Decisions

Health tourism content should support informed decision-making rather than promote travel and treatment as a simple package purchase. We create strategies around treatment processes, physician expertise, hospital capabilities, patient coordination, travel preparation, recovery planning, and follow-up care. Articles, videos, physician interviews, treatment guides, facility tours, and patient journey explanations can each serve a specific role. Every asset should connect to an appropriate department, specialist, consultation route, or international patient service. This creates a useful information environment that strengthens visibility and trust throughout a long research process.

Marketing Specialist Treatment Areas

Different treatment areas require distinct messages, qualification processes, and patient journeys. Dental tourism, cosmetic procedures, fertility treatment, hair restoration, orthopaedics, ophthalmology, oncology, and complex surgery should not be presented through the same generic campaign. We build separate search, content, paid media, and reporting frameworks around the clinical and commercial realities of each service line. Strategies can also reflect treatment capacity, physician availability, average case value, language support, and target countries. This helps providers invest in areas where they have genuine expertise and operational readiness.

Outreach and International Healthcare Authority

Relevant external visibility can strengthen trust among patients, partners, and professional audiences in target markets. We identify opportunities across healthcare publications, medical travel platforms, business media, destination channels, professional communities, and suitable international publishers. Campaigns may support specialist expertise, hospital developments, medical technology, research, international patient services, or educational initiatives. Appropriate coverage can generate referral traffic, authoritative backlinks, partnership interest, and stronger brand recognition. Outreach is planned around credibility and audience relevance rather than the total number of placements.

Partnerships With Facilitators and Referral Networks

Health tourism growth may involve facilitators, insurers, corporate health programmes, travel partners, and international referral organisations. These relationships require clear positioning, service information, communication standards, and transparent ownership of the patient journey. We create B2B content and campaigns that explain treatment capabilities, coordination processes, target markets, and partnership models. Analytics and CRM structures can distinguish direct patient demand from facilitator or partner-generated opportunities. This gives the organisation a clearer view of which relationships contribute qualified cases and sustainable value.

Privacy-Conscious Analytics

Health tourism analytics must be designed carefully because websites and forms may involve sensitive medical interests and personal information. We define the minimum data required to understand marketing and enquiry performance without transferring clinical details into advertising platforms. Tracking may cover treatment page engagement, coordinator contact, consultation requests, calls, and approved funnel stages using generalised event structures. Consent settings, form fields, identifiers, campaign parameters, and data destinations should be reviewed as part of the measurement design. This supports more reliable analysis while reducing unnecessary privacy and governance risk.

Reporting Based on Patient Pipeline Quality

Health tourism reporting should distinguish between website leads, medically relevant cases, consultations, treatment plans, arrivals, and completed services. We create dashboards that can analyse performance by treatment, origin country, language, hospital, physician, campaign, and acquisition channel. Metrics may include qualified enquiry rate, consultation progression, acquisition cost, response time, appointment status, and potential treatment value. Reports can also reveal markets generating large lead volumes but low clinical suitability or weak travel progression. This helps marketing, international patient, clinical, and management teams allocate resources using a more accurate commercial view.

A Connected Health Tourism Growth Strategy

Health tourism marketing performs best when international SEO, paid media, clinical content, patient coordination, outreach, analytics, and reporting operate as one connected system. Search insights reveal what patients are researching, while accurate information allows them to evaluate treatment and travel requirements. Performance campaigns capture relevant demand, and patient coordinators convert suitable interest into structured consultations. Analytics identifies which markets and services create genuine treatment opportunities, while reporting connects those opportunities with patient pipeline value. The result is stronger international visibility, better-qualified enquiries, and a more responsible route to health tourism growth.

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