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Treat 2018 Turkish medical tourism data with caution
The Turkish Ministry of Health figures for the first half of 2018 shows 178,000 international patients. Caution is needed in analysing this data; not...
5% increase in surgical cosmetic procedures
The International Society of Aesthetic Plastic Surgery (ISAPS) annual Global Aesthetic Survey for procedures completed in 2017 showed an overall increase of 5% in surgical cosmetic...
Inter-regional travel shows biggest increase
While global tourism is booming, the biggest increase is inter-regional travel within Asia, Europe and Latin America according to the World Travel Monitor by...
Risks of cheap breast implant tourism to Tunisia
Inkyfada reports that French women are travelling to Tunisia for cheap breast implants, but some have reported problems.
Tunisian news organization Inkyfada has provided new...
Ambitious target for Malaysia medical tourism growth in 2019
MHTC attract RM20 million to promote medical tourism in Malaysia, but must deliver 25% growth in one year.
Malaysia Healthcare Travel Council is now officially...
Fed crackdown on US birth tourism
19 people have now been charged in the USA in the first federal crackdown on birth tourism businesses. Birth tourism itself is not illegal...
China, USA, Germany top for tourism revenue
The total number of global tourists in 2018 reached 1.279 billion, an increase of 580 million people over 2017, with a growth rate of...
Tijuana surgeon contesting US class action
Last year, Americans who had surgery in Tijuana, Mexico, returned home with dangerous antibiotic-resistant infections. The Mexican government temporarily closed Grand View Hospital, where...
551,748 health tourists to Turkey in 2018
The Daily Sabah has published data from TurkStat which claims that 551,748 tourists visited Turkey for health-oriented services in 2018, an increase of 27.3%...
China’s Greater Bay Area plan could increase HK outbound medical travel
An article in ejinsight.com says that waiting times for treatment in Hong Kong public hospitals has increased outbound medical travel to Taiwan. It suggests...
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