Indian state and private sector invest in new medical travel town
According to First Post, India’s Maharashtra state government has partnered with real estate group, Mahindra Lifespaces to develop the coastal town of Murud, NW...
Afghan medical travellers choosing India over Pakistan for treatment
According to The Tribune, more patients from Afghanistan are choosing North India for treatment rather than Pakistan. This is mainly due to escalating medical...
Japan targets China for medical tourism
Japanese digital content provider Media Kobo will promote medical tours to Japan for health-conscious Chinese through a joint venture in Hong Kong.
Chinese visitors are...
EU funds for Adriatic Health Tourism Platform
€3.8bn European Commission funding has now been granted to launch the Adriatic Health Tourism Platform. The new platform will promote health and medical tourism to...
Weaker ringgit will grow Malaysia’s medical travel sector
In an article in Free Malaysia Today, Sherene Azli, CEO of Malaysia Healthcare Travel Council (MHTC), says that the weakening ringgit has played a...
‘Little or no’ legal recourse for US patients from cosmetic surgery abroad
Medical tourism can put patients in legal limbo, warn US cosmetic surgeons. There are many legal and ethical issues from medical travel that remain...
Bupa’s Sanitas buys major IVF specialist in Spain
Bupa’s Spanish business Sanitas has signed a deal to acquire a majority stake in IVF specialist Ginemed for an undisclosed sum.
The deal will significantly...
UNWTO and ETC endorse health tourism taxonomy
A project led by Resources for Leisure Assets and IMTJ has resulted in a new report from the World Tourism Organization and the European...
More medical travellers to Thailand
In an article in The Nation, Thapanee Kiatphaibool, Executive Director of the Tourism Authority of Thailand (TAT) product promotion department says that in 2018...
Wellness tourism is not medical tourism
The Global Wellness Institute argues that wellness tourism and medical tourism are separate, but the reality is more complicated.
Wellness tourism is often confused with...
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