This controversial practice of "suicide tourism" is allowed by the Swiss government, and the access is supported by public opinion.

Euthanasia organisations have been widely used by foreigners, most notably Germans, as well as the Swiss, in what critics have termed suicide tourism.

Right-wing politicians in Switzerland have repeatedly criticized suicide assistance for foreigners, branding it suicide tourism (Sterbetourismus in German).

The British Parliament said it would consider an amendment to a bill that would allow suicide tourism by not charging people with assisting suicide when they take their loved ones to another nation to kill themselves.

Suicide tourism (sometimes called euthanasia tourism) is a form of tourism associated with the pro-euthanasia movement which organizes trips for potential suicide candidates in the few places where euthanasia is permitted, in the hopes of encouraging the decriminalization of the practice in other parts of the world.