Malaysia wants Chinese IVF medical tourists

Malaysia is targeting an estimated 90 million couples in China who are looking to conceive a second child. Of these, 40 million are over...

Wellness tourism coming to Antigua

The first of several 5-Star Ayre Resort luxury properties planned around the world will be developed in Antigua Each Ayre Resort will offer the Ayre...

South Africa increasingly popular medical tourism destination for rehabilitation

As South Africa’s tourism industry grows, the number of foreign patients going to the 30 rehab clinics in South Africa is increasing. Foreign patients are...

Medigo publishes cosmetic surgery enquiry data

Research from Medigo on cosmetic surgery enquiries from nine countries shows how destinations differ in the services requested. 2018 research from medical travel platform Medigo...

What would the patient experience look like if Disney ran your international patient department?

What would the patient experience look like if Disney ran your international patient department? Or if Disney was in the business of medical tourism...

Prospecting for medical tourists: lucky guess or common sense?

Deciding which country to target for medical travel customers is frequently not well thought through – are you sure you’re looking in the right...

Health warning on ONS 2017 data about British medical tourist volumes

Ian Youngman, healthcare industry specialist, looks at the latest figures for outbound UK tourism and concludes that you cannot believe what you read in...

2017 decline in Middle East patients travelling for Thai treatment

Kasicorn Research Centre identifies a drop in patients from Middle Eastern countries, but expects medical tourists from Asia, China and Japan to fill the...

MEJ adds six to recommended hospitals list will help medical tourists.

Medical Excellence Japan expands their list of recommended hospitals to 41, in 20 prefectures. Medical Excellence Japan (MEJ) assesses hospitals in Japan on quality and...

Malta public-private partnership will provide public health care and beds for medical tourists

Steward Health Care becomes Malta's public health care partner and medical facility operator in a public-private partnership Steward Health Care  has finalised a public-private partnership...