IATA survey shows people want to return to air travel
The latest poll of recent travellers by the International Air Transport Association (IATA), reveals growing confidence in a return to air travel, frustration with...
Encouraging medical travel to Pakistan
Pakistan International Airlines (PIA), in partnership with the Rehman Medical Institute and SkyTravel and Tours, has introduced a medical tourism service, to facilitate access...
New medical tourism and wellness packages in India
The government rolled out India's first medical tourism and wellness packages on June 21 2017, National Yoga Day. With the plan of increasing medical...
Walmart encourages travel within the US for treatment
Walmart is strengthening its relationships with health systems across USA, launching insurance products tied to value-based contracts with doctors and hospitals caring for their...
Pilot programme underway to restart tourism sector
Sri Lanka has welcomed the first tourists since closing its borders due to the pandemic eight months ago. Two groups of travellers from the...
Tourism now a ‘strategically significant’ sector in Turkey
A revised Tourism Strategy 2023 aims to make tourism one of the strategically significant sectors in Turkey. The revised plan is to increase the...
GHA offers insurance to members
The Global Healthcare Accreditation (GHA) Programme for Medical Travel Services and Custom Assurance Placements (CAP) have partnered to raise awareness about medical travel complications...
DHA restricts medical and dental treatment
In the midst of an immunisation drive and a spike in COVID-19 infections, the Dubai Health Authority (DHA) has directed all licensed hospitals and...
20 hospitals almost ready for international patients, medical tourism visas planned
Egypt’s medical tourism programme will offer cardiac, orthopaedic, eye and other surgeries in the first phase, for 15 Arab and African countries.
The Supreme Committee...
COVID-19: UAE urges citizens and residents to avoid travel
The UAE has urged citizens and residents to avoid travelling due to the continuing spread of the coronavirus COVID-19. The Ministry of Health and...
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