CommonPass international trials begin
The ability to share health information in a verifiable, safe and privacy protecting manner is key to opening borders, whether travelling by land or...
Dubai prepares for the return of medical tourists
Hospitals and clinics in Dubai are reporting that overseas patients have started to contact them again. Many healthcare facilities in the city are providing...
Wellness travel trends for 2021
Wellness travel and health habits will change in 2021 with fewer people going abroad, and instead favouring a wellness break in their home country...
Positive shift, but trips to Europe stay low
According to the latest Long-Haul Travel Barometer from the European Travel Commission, there could be a positive shift in people’s attitudes to overseas travel...
13 principles that medical travel should consider
In June 2020, the Travel Foundation joined five other travel organisations to launch the Future of Tourism Coalition. It sets out 13 Guiding Principles...
Panama achieves Safe Travels stamp
Although only a minor health and tourism destination, mainly for people from the USA, Panama is now open again for travellers.
Panama has achieved the...
US$8.5m for MHTC
The Malaysian government has given RM35 million (US$8.5m) to the Malaysia Healthcare Travel Council (MHTC) in its Budget 2021. MHTC’s allocation is to enhance...
Bumrungrad 2020 financial results shows medical travel hit
Thailand’s Bumrungrad Hospital group’s financial results for the first nine months of 2020 show the impact that the lack of medical tourists brings.
Despite growth...
Competition for Health City Cayman Islands?
The five year law preventing any other organisation competing with Health City Cayman Islands (HCCI) for medical tourists has ended, and a group of...
Complex rules for Canadian medical tourists
While Canadian medical tourists are allowed to go overseas for treatment, a complicated set of rules is causing travel dilemmas.
Medical travellers can go abroad,...
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