UK launches Global Health Insurance Card
The UK has announced that a Global Health Insurance Card (GHIC) will replace the existing European Health Insurance Cards (EHIC). The sheer complexity of...
Understanding Iran’s medical travel sector
Iran is often in the headlines, but rarely for medical travel. Ian Youngman reviews a recently published academic study by Iranian and Romanian universities...
Why there’s optimism about travel this year
The Beijing-based World Tourism Cities Federation (WTCF) is offering five reasons to be optimistic about 2021. Ian Youngman examines this Asian-focused view of tourism...
Is your self-pay strategy ready to capitalise?
In an article first published in HealthcareMarkets UK, independent consultant Richard Gregory concludes his series on maximising self-pay with a look back over the...
Some countries may no longer want medical tourists
A recent report from the University of Hawai’i Economic Research Organisation (UHERO) illustrated a dark forecast, worse than the aftermath of 9/11, for tourism...
13 principles that medical travel should consider
In June 2020, the Travel Foundation joined five other travel organisations to launch the Future of Tourism Coalition. It sets out 13 Guiding Principles...
Planning for pauses in demand
Seven months into the global pandemic, travel disruptions and restrictions continue to destabilise tourism and health and medical services. What has been the impact...
UK-EU negotiations threaten healthcare access
How might the negotiations over the future UK-EU and UK-US relationship affect healthcare access? Ian Youngman suggests the UK’s current trade plans will not...
How can Iran attract more Iraqi medical travellers?
Iraq is one of the most important source markets of health and medical tourists to Iran. Saeed Hashemzadeh, manager of the health tourism office...
A disrupter to outbound US medical travel?
Walmart is now competing in healthcare and health insurance, offering Americans an alternative to medical tourism. This could effectively lock out medical travel agents and...
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