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Ghana medical tourism ambitions
Ghana’s leading healthcare institution, the Korle-Bu Teaching Hospital, which is also the third biggest referral centre in Africa, has ambitions to become a key medical...
Kuwait restricts outbound travel
From August 1, only vaccinated Kuwaitis are allowed to go on foreign trips. Outbound vaccinated medical travellers are, however, still restricted on choice, as...
UNESCO recognises Europe’s spas
Eleven Spa towns in Europe are celebrating after their collective addition to UNESCO’s list of World Heritage sites.
The World Heritage Committee has added eleven...
Costa Rica drops mandatory travel health insurance
There is good news for Costa Rica’s medical tourism industry as the country has updated its entry requirements, dropping mandatory travel health insurance from...
USA: not open yet for inbound travel
Despite political promises to open the borders to international travel, the USA has extended the closure of land borders with Canada and Mexico to...
Medical travel needs global vaccine recognition
The restart of international travel and medical travel could be seriously delayed without worldwide reciprocal recognition of all approved COVID-19 vaccines, says the World...
India to draft a national medical tourism strategy
The Ministry of Tourism has formulated a draft national strategy for medical and wellness tourism to promote India as key destination for this sector.
The...
Canada opens borders to vaccinated US travellers
Fully vaccinated USA citizens and permanent residents (currently residing in the USA) can travel to Canada from August 9. On September 7, the country...
Ireland: an all island approach to healthcare?
Doctors, academics and patient representatives from Northern Ireland and the Republic have discussed developing increased links in relation to treatment and care, and the...
Mauritius reopens to vaccinated tourists
Mauritius has reopened its borders to vaccinated tourists, health tourists and medical tourists after being closed for 16 months.
The reopening is part of a...
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