Taiwan bans inbound medical travel

Hospitals in Taiwan have cut outpatient services and banned medical tourism, to preserve resources amid its worst outbreak of coronavirus. Taiwan is racing to contain...

Hong Kong-Singapore quarantine-free trips

A delayed travel bubble between Hong Kong and Singapore will cautiously allow quarantine-free trips starting on May 26.  The scheme will begin with one...

Canada considers full border closure

Inbound and outbound medical tourism from Canada is almost at a standstill and may stop altogether, as the government comes under increasing pressure to...

Turkey hopes for tourism from June

After a few weeks back in lockdown Turkey hopes to resume tourism and medical tourism from June. While medical travel for hair transplants and...

Indonesia’s chance to reverse outbound medical travel

The COVID-19 pandemic has given Indonesian hospitals a once in a lifetime opportunity to improve their quality of care. Indonesian borders have been shut for...

EU to welcome vaccinated US travellers

The European Union is set to open its borders to American travellers who have been fully vaccinated against COVID-19 this summer. There are ongoing...

Spain hopes to welcome tourists from June

Spain has said it will welcome tourists, health tourists and medical tourists from June, following a pilot trial of digital health certificates at all...

Dubai launches medical tourism course

Dubai offers training to help professionals learn about medical tourism as part of ongoing efforts by the government to support the sector. The Dubai College...

Greece Health Tourism Council head re-elected

George Patoulis has been re-elected president of Elitour, for a second term. The Athens-based non-governmental organisation promotes medical and health tourism to and in...

Thailand’s plans for travellers

Thailand has launched a website for inbound travellers and a new vaccine passport for its outbound citizens. Thailand has created a new website geared towards...