Dubai ready to restart medical tourism

Dubai is ready to welcome back medical tourists from around the world, and has not reduced its target for 2021 of 500,000 medical tourists,...

No easy return for medical travel

The European Travel Commission’s (ETC) latest quarterly report “European Tourism: Trends & Prospects” warns European travel will never be the same again. How will...

Malaysia will open soon to medical travellers from six countries

Malaysia has significantly reduced its medical tourism revenue target for 2020, and has put back their Malaysia Year of Healthcare Travel 2020 (MyHT2020) campaign...

Ho Chi Minh City raises medical travel sector profile

In advance of Vietnam officially re-opening to medical tourists, the Ho Chi Minh (HCM) City Department of Tourism, in coordination with the Department of...

Significant appetite for fertility travel

There remains a significant appetite for fertility travel, and cost does not appear to be the most important driver. Andrew Coutts, Managing Director of...

Green shoots for medical tourism to Thailand

Although Thailand has extended a state of emergency until the end of August, it is still allowing in medical tourists.  Despite strict COVID-19 protection...

Stop-start for tourism to Bahamas

Tourism is the lifeblood of the economy in the Bahamas, and the country decided to open to tourists from 1st July. However, the decision...

COVID-19 return impacts Sri Lanka wellness plan

Sri Lanka had planned to reopen for wellness tourism from all countries on 15 August, but due to a new wave of COVID-19 cases,...

Medical travel within the USA isn’t growing

With outbound medical tourism on hold, domestic medical tourism in the USA should be thriving, but it is not. Americans are allowed to travel overseas...

Apollo optimistic about international patient business

Sangita Reddy, joint managing director of Apollo Hospitals, president of the Federation of Indian Chambers of Commerce & Industries (FICCI), and board member of...