China: allowing outbound medical travel
After nearly three years, and to the relief of many countries relying on medical tourism, China is finally opening up. Singapore, South Korea, Japan,...
UK medical travel abroad increases
Although there is subjective evidence showing an increase in the number of people from the UK seeking treatment abroad, numbers are not known. There...
Measuring the ROI from medical tourism promotion
Spending money on medical tourism promotion is easy; measuring how well it’s spent is much more difficult.
Across the globe, many countries have been lured...
Global Healthcare Travel Council strengthens its team
The Global Healthcare Travel Council (GHTC) has announced several appointments to strengthen its team, and take a more influential role in the medical tourism...
The IMTJ survey revealed some interesting insight into the state of the industry
The recent Medical Tourism Climate Survey conducted by IMTJ for the European Medical Travel Conference 2010 provided an interesting insight into the current state...
South Korea may be a latecomer but may be the industry’s big winners
South Korea is a country that has come late to the medical tourism game, but it may in the long term become one of...
A new wave of outbound fertility tourism from China
The changing Chinese laws on having more than one child could lead to an explosion in the number of Chinese couples seeking IVF, according...
How can Iran attract more Iraqi medical travellers?
Iraq is one of the most important source markets of health and medical tourists to Iran. Saeed Hashemzadeh, manager of the health tourism office...
Unclear international standards hold back medical tourism
An array of measurement approaches, standards and regulations are holding back development in the global medical travel sector. Laing Buisson’s Maria D. Georga led...
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...
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