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...

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...

Iran’s successful medical tourism sector

From a Western perspective Iran gets a bad press, but it has rapidly become a top ten medical tourism destination, despite the absence of...

Government-imposed fee caps for Thais impact private hospital revenue

According to the Nikkei Asian Review, private hospitals in Thailand are increasing their efforts to attract international patients to make up for lost revenue,...

Modelling health tourism in Poland

A study has been published on business models in spa tourism enterprises in Poland and makes 10 recommendations that would improve the value proposition...