Can health tourism save Sri Lanka?
Sri Lanka is in the midst of a deep economic crisis, and is struggling to pay for crucial imports like food, fuel and medicine....
USA medical spa platform launches
Birch Medical Spas is a new medical spa platform in the USA, and has signed Elase Medical Spas as its inaugural partner.
Founded 18 years...
Is dental care in Europe inadequate?
A report by the European Observatory on Health Systems and Policies assesses access to dental care across 31 European countries and shows the potential...
Iran expands provision for medical travellers
220 Iranian hospitals now have medical tourism licenses as the country plans for expected record numbers of medical travellers.
The number of international travellers seeking...
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...
Is the surrogacy market in Greece working?
Surrogacy has been legal in Greece since 2002. It is one of the few countries worldwide, and the only one in EU where surrogacy...
337,011 ‘international patients’ to Dubai in 2018
The Dubai Chamber of Commerce and Industry (DCCI) and the Dubai Health Authority (DHA) have analysed the Dubai medical tourism sector performance for 2018....
New EU report on health and medical tourism
European Parliament committee has produced a research paper on health tourism in the 28 EU countries.
The Committee on Transport and Tourism (TRAN), a committee of...
Country-by-country log of travel restrictions
Over the last three months we’ve scanned the global announcements and created a country-by-country log of the decisions being made on restrictions to travel,...
The decline of Singapore medical tourism
Singapore was a leading medical tourism destination with ambitious plans for expansion. Rising costs and lack of transparency in private hospital fees have brought...