12% fewer medical tourists to South Korea in 2017
The number of medical tourists visiting Korea fell in 2017 for the first time, mainly due to weak inbound traffic from China.
According to the...
Okinawa centre tackles language barriers for healthcare
Okinawa has set up a multilingual contact centre to overcome language problems for visitors seeking healthcare.
Okinawa Prefecture has opened the “Okinawa Inbound Medical Interpretation...
2.4m visits to Thai hospitals for medical tourism in 2017
The Kasikorn Research Center forecasts that foreign patients will continue to be a key driver for the growth of the hospital business in Thailand this year....
Emirates and DHA HTC joint offer targets wellness holidays
Emirates Airline and the Dubai Health Authority’s Health Tourism Council are jointly offering visitors health and wellness package holidays in Dubai.
Emirates Holidays, the tour...
Azerbaijan health tourism action plan and state registry coming soon
The Ministry of Culture and Tourism action plan for the development of health tourism for 2018-2020 will be presented in Azerbaijan soon alongside a...
7,500 Vietnamese visit South Korea for medical tourism
Data from KTO Vietnam shows that nearly 7,500 Vietnamese citizens visited South Korea for medical tourism last year, accounting for 2.3% of the total....
March in the Seoul cosmetic surgery hub protests against treatment
South Korea is facing criticism from some of its citizens that cosmetic surgery, particularly the local version where customers seek to look like their...
MTQUA identifies its 10 best hospitals and clinics for 2018
Centres identified in Germany, Lebanon and Jordan in the top 10 of best places for medical tourism in 2018, based on latest MTQUA survey...
UNWTO report confirms EU destinations took 40% of the worlds tourists
A new report 'European Union Tourism Trends', prepared by the World Tourism Organization (UNWTO) in cooperation with the European Commission, indicates that international tourist...
International Assistance Group appoints Help Group as Core Partner
The world’s largest alliance of independent assistance companies, International Assistance Group (IAG) has appointed Tunis based Help Group to the limited classification of Core...
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