Luxury hospital stays in Sri Lanka

Sri Lanka is an emerging medical tourism destination. One of the largest private hospitals in the country, Lanka Hospitals, is now offering luxury hospital...

Online platform launches wellness travel experiences

Vacayou, a new online platform for booking wellness travel has been launched with US$3.3 million backing.  Unlike other travel sites, the platform focuses on...

Attracting medical travellers from Kenya

Medical travel destinations may have an opportunity to attract Kenyan medical tourists, while India remains closed.  Could South Africa, Egypt, Tunisia and Mauritius and...

China is ready for international travel

With other sources of medical travellers still unable or unwilling to travel, the return of Chinese medical tourists could result in fierce competition for...

IATA forecast optimistic for tourism prospects

The International Air Transport Association (IATA) and Tourism Economics have released a long-term view for post-COVID-19 passenger demand recovery. It demonstrates that people remain...

Google helps tourism recovery

The World Tourism Organization (UNWTO) and Google will work together and lead global tourism’s recovery.  With more destinations looking to restart tourism, health tourism...

Temos Ambulatory Standards accredited by IEEA

German accreditation organisation Temos International has had its ambulatory care standards accredited by the International External Evaluation Association (IEEA). With this newly accredited programme,...

Romania opens to more travellers

Digital nomads and travellers from more countries are to be allowed into Romania without quarantine. Outbound travel is still restricted however, as the Ministry...

Croatia ready to open for tourists

Croatia is ready to welcome foreign tourists, health tourists and medical tourists, and the Croatian Tourism Association is optimistic about the 2021 tourist season. Tourism...

EU digital certificate confidence

The EU is increasingly confident of having COVID-19 travel certificates for this summer. After a meeting with European affairs ministers, the European Commission has...