Open to the New Shades of Thailand

The Tourism Authority of Thailand has launched a national tourism campaign to support the tourism industry in 2018. The Tourism Authority of Thailand (TAT) has...

More UK patients seeking treatment abroad

Official numbers of UK outbound medical tourists in 2016 show a rapid increase from 2014. In 2016, 144,000 people travelled abroad from the UK to...

More Chinese medical tourists seeking treatment in Indonesia

Indonesia is fast becoming a popular medical destination for Chinese medical and health tourists. Indonesia is becoming a popular medical destination for Chinese medical and...

DHA Continues To Pursue International Accreditations

The Dubai Health Authority will continue to seek international accreditations and enhance quality management for its health facilities. The Dubai Health Authority continues to seek...

Bridge to medical tourism

Lantau Development Alliance proposes to develop the artificial island of the Hong Kong-Zhuhai-Macau Bridge into a location for medical tourism. Lantau Development Alliance proposes to...

World Academy of Chinese and Complementary Medicine launched

The Hellenic Academy of Thermal Medicine has set up the World Academy of Chinese and Complementary Medicine in Greece. It aims to investigate the effectiveness...

Lukewarm reception to plans for Ghana

A policy to promote medical tourism in Ghana to serve the ECOWAS region is being developed by the government. The government is developing a policy...

Government invests $7.3m in Malaysia medical tourism sector

The Malaysia government has allocated RM30 million ($7.3m) to boost medical tourism. Medical travel has been identified as one of the National Key Economic...

Lack of medical tourism data in Zimbabwe and Zambia

The Zambian government does not know the exact number of Zambians seeking treatment in India. There is need to set up a central authority that...

Promoting Polish medical tourism in Europe

The Polish Tourist Organisation is promoting Polish medical tourism as part of the “Go to Brand” programme. Polish spa and wellness centres, health resorts and...