How do US medical travellers choose a destination?

An academic study has analysed the trade-offs that US outbound travellers make when choosing an overseas health and wellness destination.  It found that cost...

The secret of Budapest’s success in dental tourism.

Budapest is the undoubted “dental capital of Europe”. So what is the secret of Hungary’s success in dental tourism? Has it been driven by...

Get on board China’s Belt & Road initiative

The predicted economic power of emerging markets and the massive investment in China’s Belt & Road Initiative is changing global medical tourism. Ian Youngman...

Creating a patient-centric payment experience

Alex Zinn from Flywire identifies three effective changes that can be made right now, that will significantly improve the payment experience for medical travellers. Two...

Malaysia: recovery, rebuild, then growth

Malaysia’s healthcare travel industry has significant government support.  It is identified on the national agenda, the Twelfth Malaysia Plan (2021-25), as a key economic...

Universal healthcare and medical tourism

For medical travel destinations to be effective in targeting international patients, it is vital to understand how the healthcare and health insurance systems of...

Hotel or medical centre? Switzerland combines both

The Grand Resort Bad Ragaz, Switzerland, has successfully balanced excellent hotel and hospitality services and quality wellness and medical care on one medical, healthcare...

Why is medical tourism accreditation so misunderstood?

Elizabeth Ziemba, President of Medical Tourism Training has heard a variety of myths, misconceptions, and unfounded rumours about what accreditation is and what it...

Dr László Puczkó presents a report on the future of spa tourism.

At the recent Global Spa Summit in Bali, Dr. László Puczkó of Xellum, presented a report "Health And Wellness Tourism", about the current state of...

The most popular medical tourism articles of 2013

What was “hot” in medical tourism in 2013? What topics attracted the interest of IMTJ readers? What were the top ten most popular medical...