India accredits Medical Tourism Facilitators

Only two Indian medical tourism agents have been certified by the National Accreditation Board for Hospitals & Healthcare Providers. The National Accreditation Board for Hospitals...

Fiji’s first private hospital sold to India

Fiji's first private hospital has been sold to an Indian group, and medical tourism is planned. Fiji's first private hospital has been sold to an...

Why medical tourists go to Dubai

Four medical specialities have taken a large number of medical tourists to Dubai in the last two years. Four medical specialities have taken a large...

Belarus concentrates on medical tourism from CIS

Having mostly failed to attract people from Scandinavia and Western Europe, and with few if any medical tourists from Poland, Belarus is concentrating on...

New medical city for Abu Dhabi

Abu Dhabi's new $1bn medical city. The medical city will have 732 hospital beds, two royal and 36 VIP suites, and will become a...

30% fall in tourism to Turkey

Inbound tourism in Turkey in the past year fell by 30% to 25.3 million, according to the latest statistics. European numbers fell by 35%....

State funding of Visit Florida to end?

One of the few US state tourism bodies that has spent money promoting medical tourism is under threat of closure. Bill to end state...

Trump damages inbound medical travel to USA

President Trump's travel bans will reduce inbound numbers. Predictions from the National Centre for Healthcare Leadership and USCIPP. International medical tourism is a far from...

New study on Cyprus tourism

The Travel Foundation has worked with TUI Group and PwC to pilot a ground- breaking impact assessment that quantifies and values the economic, tax,...

Japan to steer medical tourists to international hospitals

Japan's government will recommend 28 international hospitals as destinations for inbound medical tourists. Japan's government will recommend 28 international hospitals as destinations for inbound medical...