Improved success rates and wider demand in UK market

Figures from the HFEA show continued improvement in IVF success rates in the UK.  There has also been a gradual change in the reasons...

Ruling threatens Italian outbound surrogacy travel

According to BioNews, Italy's highest court has ruled that the non-biological father of two children born through surrogacy overseas cannot be named as the...

15,000 expected for dental treatment in Costa Rica

James Madigan, CEO of CostaRicaDentalGuide.com, an online dental tourism guide in Costa Rica, says that approximately 15,000 dental tourism patients from the USA and...

Potential in understanding diasporic medical travel behaviour

New research has been published in Tourism Management on the motivations for diasporic medical travel. Author Aneta Mathijsen explains that diasporic medical travel may...

Booming sperm industry in Denmark

According to an article in Time, Denmark has some of the world’s most liberal legislation on fertility treatment. It has become an attractive destination...

Politics of treatment abroad for Kuwaitis

A political row has involved accusations of MPs and government officials using medical treatment to get paid for holidays overseas. Despite claims that outbound...

No progress on health tourism strategy for Azerbaijan

Azerbaijan planned to have a new strategy for developing health tourism in 2018, but this has been delayed indefinitely. The country wants to develop...

Targeting the complex care patient: Korea’s rising global status

For decades, in the eyes of the medical travel world, Korea was primarily known as an international hub for cosmetic and plastic surgery. Yet...

337,011 health tourists to Dubai in 2018

According to the Saudi Gazette, the Dubai Health Authority (DHA) has revealed that the emirate welcomed 337,011 health tourists in 2018, which resulted in...

US Cleveland Clinic expands to London

Cleveland Clinic London is to open its first medical outpatient clinic at 24 Portland Place, Marylebone. This marks a major milestone in Cleveland Clinic...