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What is IHTC?

Is the International Health Tourism Centre (IHTC) a national commercial consultancy promoting Greece, or a true global trade body? The International Health Tourism Centre (IHTC)...

Jordan international patient flow

35,000 patients of restricted nationalities visited Jordan in the first eight months of this year, and the total number of foreign patients who visited...

More internationally accredited hospitals planned for Saudi

The government’s healthcare plan under the National Transformation Program (NTP), an economic action plan put in place as part of Vision 2030, has placed...

New report suggests growth for Japan’s wellness sector

A new Global Wellness Summit (GWS) report suggests that Japan could have a boom in inbound wellness travel. The country needs more strategically planned...

NASH self-pay medical tourism

A small number of US employers with self-insured health options for their employees and families are using medical tourism to Mexico in a new...

Hard work, but the rewards are high

Sue Smith, CEO of the Independent Doctors Federation looks at the ups and downs of building and maintaining an international private patient business in...

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...

Could international patient numbers to Australia grow?

Every year or two there is a new story that suggests Australia may be a new destination for medical tourism, and a small number...

Why do Germans travel to Hungary for dental treatment?

Eszter Jopp, CEO of FirstMed Services, and author of a 10 years study report about dental tourism to Hungary recently answered this question, as...

Third US patient death raises concerns

American cosmetic surgeons are warning Americans against traveling abroad for cosmetic surgery following the death of a New York woman who went for an...