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Egypt & Philippines: Middle East’s New Health Hubs

Egypt and the Philippines are leveraging their unique resources to strengthen their positions in the medical tourism landscape. In Egypt, Safaga, a Red Sea resort...

What will re-stimulate international patient business?

At some time in the future (don’t ask me when!), the world will return to normal. Or perhaps a new normal? Medical travel will...

How trustworthy are services bought online in world of medical tourism?

One of the criticisms of buying services via the web is that you cannot always be sure with whom you are actually dealing. This...

Five reasons to come to Croatia for the IMTJ Medical Travel Summit in April...

What makes the IMTJ Medical Travel Summit so unique? Discover how the 2017 Summit will differ from other events within the industry and five...

Bridging the credibility gap in wellness tourism

Wellness is big business and there is no doubt that there’s growth. But are wellness and wellness tourism now facing similar challenges to the...

Will patients come to your medical travel destination, post COVID-19?

COVID-19 is directly or indirectly affecting every medical tourism destination. Healthcare analyst, Ian Youngman, argues that expecting the flow of medical travellers to return...

A boost for inbound medical travel to the UK?

The UK government recently launched a comprehensive, far sighted and indeed first ever Tourism Sector Deal for the UK. Ian Youngman has scoured the strategy...

Potential in understanding diasporic medical travel behaviour

New research has been published in Tourism Management on the motivations for diasporic medical travel. Author Aneta Mathijsen explains that diasporic medical travel may...

Government and providers must work together to drive a destination

At MIHTE 2013 in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia demonstrated how collaboration between a government and providers of both medical and non-medical service providers can deliver...

Will insurer apps reduce domestic US medical travel?

A new app has been introduced by US insurer  Anthem that will let consumers, including those who don’t have its insurance, schedule and pay...