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Fewer Americans have health insurance
The percentage of Americans with health insurance fell last year for the first time since the 2009, according to data from the U.S. Census...
Australia supports wellness action plan in Sri Lanka
Wellness tourism in Sri Lanka will be boosted by a strategic action plan by the Export Development Board (EDB), helped by Australia’s Market Development...
Italy’s Le Massif Launches New Spa
Le Massif, the soon to open luxury Italian ski hotel in Courmayeur, has also launched a new spa programme for winter 2019.
The new spa...
Tourism now a ‘strategically significant’ sector in Turkey
A revised Tourism Strategy 2023 aims to make tourism one of the strategically significant sectors in Turkey. The revised plan is to increase the...
4% growth in international tourism for first half of 2019
The latest UNWTO World Tourism Barometer shows destinations worldwide received 671 million international tourist arrivals between January and June 2019, almost 30 million more...
Nine healthcare facilities shortlisted in Malaysia
The government of Malaysia has shortlisted nine healthcare facilities under its medical tourism hospital programme in a bid to attract more foreign patients.
There are...
Financial pressure remains for public and private hospitals in Germany
A new hospital benchmarking study conducted by PwC finds German public, private and non-profit-making hospitals remain under financial pressure and their economic situation has...
Healthcare accreditation, investment and Jamaican government support is lacking
The Jamaica Promotions Corporation (JAMPRO) is still seeking to establish Jamaica as a medical tourism destination but admits there are problems with medical tourism...
EU healthcare reimbursement delay impacts older patients in Ireland
Delays in reimbursing Irish patients who travel for treatment under the EU Cross-Border Healthcare Directive are forcing older people to take out loans from...
Public hospitals in Singapore banned from using medical travel agents
The Singapore Ministry of Health (MOH) has banned all public hospitals in Singapore from using medical travel agents to attract medical tourists. They have terminated...
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