Will new entrants succeed where others have failed?

We’ve seen a flurry of new medical tourism hopefuls enter the fray in 2019.  It’s almost becoming difficult to identify a country that doesn’t...

Rising demand for quality healthcare in Saudi Arabia

Saudi Arabia’s Ministry of Health is inviting local and international healthcare service providers to take part in its first healthcare public-private partnership (PPP) project....

300,000 per year claims health minister

Iran’s Deputy Health Minister, Iraj Harirchi, recently claimed that the number of foreign nationals traveling to Iran to receive medical care has "increased tenfold...

International patients to Kenya in low ‘000s

According to the Star, in 2017 Kenya received about 5,000 foreigners annually in search of medical treatment and ‘other related reasons’. The article also...

Central and Eastern Europe – medical tourism attractiveness

Healthcare in Central and Eastern Europe (CEE) is improving, with a wave of cross-border mergers and acquisitions and increasing spending. Could this region become...

Call to legalise egg donation in Germany

According to Deutsche Welle, a group of doctors in Germany is calling for new reproductive health laws in the country. They say that every...

Sabah to build health tourism industry

In an article in The Star, Medisinar managing director Dr Anil Kumarsaid has said they want to make Sabah known as the number one...

Growing spa tourism in Romania

According to actmedia.eu more than 1.8 million tourists spent about €288 million so far in 2019 on spa treatments and therapies in Romanian resorts....

5 emerging healthcare hubs in India

According to an article in the Deccan Herald, India is a preferred medical tourist destination for cardiology, orthopaedics, transplants and ophthalmology, with offerings in...

Arab and African target countries for Egypt’s medical tourism sector

Egypt Independent has reported that the Egyptian Medical Tourism Foundation, a non-governmental organisation will launch an initiative to attract tourists to the country. Called...