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Hainan medical pilot zone opens for Chinese

South China's Hainan Province has stepped up efforts to boost its medical sector, with Lecheng medical pilot zone in Boao taking the lead in...

TK insurance customers in Germany seek quality in treatments abroad

The Wineg-Institute of the Techniker health insurance (TK) has published the fourth annual survey of the TK members about their planned treatments abroad. Most...

Hong Kong Tourism Board 3-phase recovery plan

The Hong Kong Tourism Board has a three-phase plan for recovery, to be put into practice at the end of the pandemic. It expects, in a...

South Korean medical tourism increasing

Official South Korean tourist organization KTO expects medical tourist numbers to reach 598,000 in 2015 and 998,000 in 2020.With such a surge in numbers,...

ISAPS highlights growth of labiaplasty

Labiaplasty Is the world’s fastest growing cosmetic surgery procedure, claims an international study. Labiaplasty Is the world’s fastest growing cosmetic surgery procedure, claims an international...

China’s WeDoctor in Asia partnership

WeDoctor and Singapore-based Fullerton Healthcare form a strategic partnership, to both target China’s medical tourists going abroad, and expand clinics in China. Chinese online healthcare...

Health insurance scheme now for 2020

Bahrain’s Health Insurance Law came into force on 1 December 2018. Plans for launch in 2019 have been abandoned with the scheme now scheduled...

USA, Brazil, Japan, Italy and Mexico lead for cosmetic surgery growth

Demand for cosmetic surgery procedures continues to skyrocket – with the USA, Brazil, Japan, Italy and Mexico the top five countries. Demand for cosmetic surgery procedures...

Dubai targets 500,000 medical tourists by 2021

The Dubai Health Authority (DHA) has announced a target for 2021 of 500,000 medical tourists, half from within the UAE, and half from elsewhere....

Algarve has the potential to grow health tourism

Ahead of the 2019 Algarve Tourism Conference, Andrew Coutts, CEO of the ILM Tourism & Hospitality Real Estate Group Portugal, has urged the region...