South Korea: medical tourism boosted by changes in regulation
Last year, despite being well-known for cosmetic surgery ,South Korea could not take advantage internationally due to the Medical Service Act that banned the...
Medical tourism in West Africa – Nigeria, Ghana
As part of efforts to develop medical tourism in Cross River, Nigeria, the state government and a consortium of US-based hospital development experts, led...
Florida medical tourism
South Florida is becoming an international destination for health care, and various new initiatives, often led by the medical tourism programme for the Greater...
Wellness village being developed in Costa Rica for LOHAS consumers
A wellness village being developed in Costa Rica called The Rincon, is preparing a marketing plan that will particularly target American expatriates and retirees....
New medical tourism guides from Patients Beyond Borders
What began as a single worldwide medical tourism guide for medical tourists has become a mini-industry of country guides, and the world version has...
Malaysia forms council to promote healthcare tourism
The Malaysian Health Ministry is setting up the Malaysia Healthcare Travel Council (MHTC) to promote and develop the health tourism industry for the country...
Bhutan’s development policy to promote medical tourism
Bhutan's latest Draft Economic Development Policy seeks to open up the entire health sector to private investment and competition, on hospitals, doctors, nurses, equipment...
Medical interpreters and Muslim medical tourists
The Korea Tourism Organization (KTO) has offered 40 travel agents and guides a lecture on Islamic culture and introduced a Halal food lunchbox and...
ISO progress on patient safety
ISO is often used as a comparable accreditor or certifier to JCI or other international/ national organisations. ISO does not accredit anything directly, nor...
Investing in a health village in Iceland
There has been increased interest in recent weeks in health related investments in the Asbru health village near Keflavik International Airport in southwest Iceland.Among...
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