Package Travel Directive passed by EU Parliament
The European Parliament has adopted a new Package Travel Directive that will impact medical tourism agencies. The new laws are a further modernisation of...
Medical tourism website, Medigo expands into China and Asia
Medical tourism booking site has expended 10 million euros of investors’ money. Since launch, Medigo has helped 20,000 patients from 178 countries use a...
Barriers for US medical tourism to Cuba
Loosening of restrictions on travel to Cuba caused misinformed comment that Americans could legally go to Cuba as medical tourists.
When President Obama announced the...
Czech Republic a favourite cosmetic destination for British, Germans and Russians
British, German and Russian clients dominate among foreigners seeking treatment at Czech healthcare facilities, mostly for cosmetic surgery. The number of foreign patients in...
Latest medical tourism figures from Colombia
The number of health tourists to Colombia grew in 2015 to over 10,000 an increase from 2014 figures. However figures may be mixed up...
Latest trends in fertility tourism
Julie Munro of MTQUA highlights the latest laws and trends in fertility tourism. Chinese medical tourists are already the single largest group using birth...
Kidney transplant ban in Sri Lanka
On-going police investigation in Sri Lanka - the closing of an Illegal kidney transplant racket has led to a ban on lucrative kidney surgery...
Sanctions and travel restrictions still in place
Iran may offer medical tourism potential, but not yet. Planned withdrawal of sanctions means it is being touted as a potential medical tourism target...
Out-dated advertising rules affect Malaysia
Domestic medical tourism is held back by advertising rules, so Malaysians are ignorant about treatment they can get locally. Strict rules on what doctors...
Puerto Rico gearing up for medical tourism
A range of incentives and positive marketing is encouraging businesses to offer medical tourism in Puerto Rico.
The Puerto Rico Medical Tourism Corporation (CTM) was...
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