Uzbekistan is opening up to tourists

Uzbekistan’s new tourism law defines the direction of state tourism and aims to encourage more visitors. While there is currently little inbound medical or...

Algarve has the potential to grow health tourism

Ahead of the 2019 Algarve Tourism Conference, Andrew Coutts, CEO of the ILM Tourism & Hospitality Real Estate Group Portugal, has urged the region...

Six-month health cover for British nationals in the EU?

If you are confused by the ever-changing information about healthcare and Brexit, you are not alone. Increasingly we are seeing UK government statements that...

Compulsory health insurance from 2020 will cut medical travel

Kazakhstan is to launch compulsory insurance in 2020, which may significantly reduce outbound medical tourism.  It is likely that increased competitiveness will prepare the country’s...

Foreign patients pay up to double for treatment Thailand

Health officials have instructed administrators at Thailand's state hospitals to implement a new rate structure that significantly raises prices for non-citizens. This will affect,...

Patient danger in Colombia

Colombia is the latest Latin American country where American medical tourists are complaining of treatment that is harmful. Lyndsay Colosimo from Delray Beach went to...

378,967 medical tourists to South Korea in 2018

According to the South Korea Ministry of Health and Welfare, data for 2018 shows 378,967 medical tourists, a 17.8% increase from 321,574 in 2017. In...

Cross-border healthcare promise for Northern Irish

People living in Northern Ireland will still have access to the equivalent of the European Health Insurance Card (EHIC) after Brexit, says Ireland’s Prime...

Ho Chi Minh City’s growing medical tourism sector

Vietnam has been attracting more tourists and that includes more health and medical travellers. Ho Chi Minh City (HCM) has the highest potential for...

New platform for customers to review hospitals and clinics in Switzerland

HealthSoul, the online review portal, now allows healthcare consumers to share opinions about their experiences with healthcare providers and hospitals in Switzerland. It lists...