Dubai Leads, Industry Innovates
Dubai is making strides as a global hub for medical tourism. In 2022, the city welcomed 674,000 medical tourists who spent Dh992 million, a...
Mexico: 16 Health Tourism Seals awarded
Mexico’s Ministry of Tourism (Sectur) has awarded Health Tourism Seals to 16 tourism service providers who have successfully implemented and complied with the government’s...
UAE: visas for medical treatment
The UAE has updated information on how to obtain a visa for medical treatment in the country.
To help patients wanting to receive medical treatment...
Cuba to implement an updated health and medical tourism strategy.
Comercializadora de Servicios Médicos Cubanos S.A., known as CSMC, has announced an updated strategy and efforts aimed at promoting two activities: medical tourism and...
UAE-India hospital collaboration
RAK Hospital in Dubai has signed a clinical collaboration agreement with Apollo Hospitals Group India. UAE patients will be able to access medical advice...
Growing interest in longevity medicine
In a new era of 21st century longevity medicine, inspired by research that has identified the lifestyle habits of the world's healthiest, longest-lived people,...
Why Bangladeshis travel overseas
The healthcare system in Bangladesh has undergone significant developments in recent years, and yet thousands of Bangladeshi patients still travel abroad in search of...
Medical travel: why we should stop focusing on increased numbers
Medical travel analyst Ian Youngman argues that medical tourism destinations need to stop concentrating on increased numbers.
Mainstream tourism countries, including regions and cities in...
Private healthcare threat to Canada’s outbound medical tourism
The quiet development of private healthcare in Canada will eventually reduce outbound medical tourism, says medical travel analyst Ian Youngman.
For decades, national and provincial...
800,000 medical tourists to Malaysia in 2022
The Malaysia Healthcare Travel Council (MHTC) has revealed that Malaysia had a total of 800,000 medical tourists in 2022. It is also arguing for...
©2023 All rights reserved LaingBuisson 
