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How will COVID-19 shape medical tourism development?
With nearly 15 years’ experience in the medical travel sector, LaingBuisson’s Maria D Georga makes some predictions on how the market might change from...
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...
COVID-19 : UNWTO predicts negative growth and calls on tourism to be part of...
The United Nations World Tourism Organisation (UNWTO) is calling on governments, international organisations and agencies to include tourism as a priority in recovery plans....
COVID-19: Qatar bans and travel advice will affect medical tourism
Qatar has expanded the list of nationalities banned from entry as part of measures to curb contamination by the fast-spreading Coronavirus. The ban now...
COVID-19: Jordan expatriates and foreign students banned from outbound travel
Jordan has decided to temporarily ban trips abroad for expatriate workers and foreign students studying in Jordan to control any possible outbreak of COVID-19....
COVID-19: Sri Lanka quarantine will impact inbound health and medical travel
Sri Lanka has started quarantining people travelling from Italy, South Korea and Iran, the countries experiencing major outbreaks of the coronavirus.
Sri Lankan expatriates and...
COVID-19: All inbound travellers to Israel quarantined
New regulations will block inbound and outbound medical tourism from Israel.
With 42 cases of Covid-19 now confirmed in Israel, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has...
COVID-19: UAE urges citizens and residents to avoid travel
The UAE has urged citizens and residents to avoid travelling due to the continuing spread of the coronavirus COVID-19. The Ministry of Health and...
Now a pandemic, coronavirus will hit medical tourism hard
As medical tourism faces its worst crisis ever from the impact of COVID-19, IMTJ will seek to update you on relevant news.
But between writing...
COVID-19: Saudi Arabia bans travel to and from 14 countries
Saudi Arabia has suspended all travel to and from 14 countries: UAE, Kuwait, Bahrain, Egypt, Iraq, Lebanon, Oman, Italy, France, Germany, Spain, South Korea,...
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