Jordan allows medical travel from qualified countries
The Jordan Tourism Board has announced a "green list" of 10 countries that will be approved entry to Jordan as soon as the related...
Wellness tourism a key strategic sector for Sri Lanka
The Sri Lanka Export Development Board (EDB) has identified health and wellness tourism services as a key sector to promote, in terms of foreign exchange earnings. ...
New strategy for Jordan medical tourism
Inbound medical tourism to Jordan has lost out to Dubai in recent years. The Jordanian government is forming a national committee to draft a...
47 500 medical tourists visited Bulgaria
For 2016 the number of medical tourists to Bulgaria was 47,500, claims the ministry of tourism.
For 2016, the number of medical tourists to Bulgaria was 47,500, claims...
Travelucion sign new deal to promote Cuban medical tourism
Travelucion have signed a new deal to promote a wide range of treatments in Cuba to North Americans. Combination of low cost treatment and...
Patients travel in search of healthcare
Well-off Myanmar citizens with health concerns are travelling to a wide range of mainly Asian countries for first-rate healthcare at relatively low cost. A...
Safety and cleanliness programmes for tourism
Tourists and health tourists will be on watch for evidence of ever-higher standards of cleanliness. They can also expect to see more technology, from...
Are medical tourism portals a sound investment?
Web based medical tourism agency Medigo needs another €15 million to €20 million in investment. US, Australia, the UK and France are the largest source markets.
Effective...
Is Asia’s IHH now treating the most medical travellers worldwide?
The Competition Commission of India has approved the takeover of Fortis Healthcare by Asia’s largest private healthcare group, IHH Healthcare. Along with further expansion...
MHTC defers MyHT2020
The Malaysia Healthcare Travel Council has deferred the Malaysia Year of Healthcare Travel 2020 (MyHT2020) campaign. MHTC hopes to resume the Malaysia Year of Healthcare Travel...