South Korea wants to expand medical tourism beyond cosmetic surgery
The South Korean government is happy that cosmetic surgery attracts many medical tourists who spend more than normal travellers. But it also wants to...
How medical tourism can help Europe fight chronic obesity
Obesity should be formally recognised as a chronic disease, campaigners urge, saying Europe is in the grip of an obesity epidemic with half its...
Medical tourism and policy implications for health systems in Malaysia, Thailand and Singapore
A new article in Globalization and Health looks at the impact of medical tourism on the health systems of Malaysia, Thailand and Singapore. Globalization...
Mauritius, Bahamas : A tale of two islands in medical tourism
Two islands, one off Africa and the other off America, have differing fortunes in medical tourism. Mauritius expects the number of foreign patients seeking...
Costa Rica promoting itself as a medical tourism destination
The capital city of San Jose is the destination of choice for medical tourists to Costa Rica, but other destinations are developing too. Clínica...
Tax exemption for private hospitals to boost medical tourism in Malaysia
The Malaysian government will offer tax exemptions to all private hospitals that are willing to transform their institutions into medical tourism destinations. Health Minister...
Missouri, Oklahama and New York see opportunities in domestic medical tourism
A study for the Missouri Hospital Association into domestic medical tourism suggests that medical travel created over 3,000 jobs and generated $124 million in...
Report proposes incentives for Indian hospitals to promote health and wellness tourism
The Indian government should provide tax incentives to hospitals to promote India as a health and wellness tourism destination, says a report by Federation...
Iceland’s geothermal water is white gold in health tourism
"Geothermal water is Iceland's white gold," said health tourism consultant Csilla Mezösi at the annual meeting of the Iceland Association for Health Tourism. Iceland's...
Controversy over Delhi superbug returns to haunt medical tourism in India
Controversy over a superbug has returned to haunt medical tourism in India following the latest claims made by British medical journal, The Lancet. A...
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