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Top wellness, spa and fitness travel trends for 2016

Specialist tour operator Health and Fitness forecasts the top wellness holiday trends for 2016. Trending holidays include: Fitness DNA, leisure and healthy sabbaticals, Oxygen...

Switzerland attracts Gulf health and medical tourists

Swiss tourism has been struggling in 2015 but health and medical tourists from the Gulf region have given it a boost. A recent Deloitte study...

Promoting Las Vegas as a medical and wellness destination

Organizations have partnered to promote Las Vegas as a destination for medical and wellness tourism. Las Vegas Convention and Visitors Authority (LVCVA), the Las...

Wellness tourism struggling in Austria

Hotel guide author believes that the days of new wellness tourism records in Austria are over as wellness hotels struggle to keep up on...

Omani medical tourists on Indian tourist visas denied entry into Chennai

A group of Omanis was denied entry into India after arriving for medical treatment on tourist visas. Patients are left to their own devices...

Mayo Clinic promoting domestic medical tourism to Jacksonville

Mayo Clinic targeting medical tourists for cancer care, organ transplants and stem cell treatment. Mayo Clinic in Jacksonville, Florida has been well known for many...

Compulsory health insurance will be introduced for Qatar expatriates from 2016

From 2016, new Social Medical Insurance scheme in Qatar will make it compulsory for all expatriates and visitors to have health insurance. There will be three...

Medical tourist numbers and complaints from Chinese patients both on the increase

South Korea is attracting many more Chinese cosmetic surgery patents, but quality and safety problems increase with the numbers of complaints and complications rising. South...

Turkish Airlines announces 50% discount to medical tourists

State owned Turkish Airlines is offering 50% discount on flight tickets to medical tourists. The rebate is retrospective and only available after the air passenger has...

Development fund to boost France health and wellness tourism

The Deposits Fund is setting up France Development Tourism with government finance of a billion euros to develop tourism facilities and to boost tourism...