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More medical tourists visiting Japan
Japan is attracting more medical tourists, mostly from China, but numbers are not known. Latest available edstimates from the Ministry of Economy, Trade, and...
Medical tourism numbers fall as costs rise
Medical tourism numbers fall, as Singapore is one of the most expensive places in the world. While new markets such as Myanmar and Bangladesh...
Universal healthcare not going to happen in ireland
The universal health insurance plan for Ireland is not affordable, now or ever, says the government after new reports from ESRI and KPMG. Irish...
Apps revolutionise healthcare and threaten agency role
Healthcare apps offering direct booking and consultation services with doctors are a threat and opportunity for medical tourism. New technology is changing how healthcare...
Top wellness, spa and fitness travel trends for 2016
Specialist tour operator Health and Fitness forecasts the top wellness holiday trends for 2016. Trending holidays include: Fitness DNA, leisure and healthy sabbaticals, Oxygen...
Switzerland attracts Gulf health and medical tourists
Swiss tourism has been struggling in 2015 but health and medical tourists from the Gulf region have given it a boost.
A recent Deloitte study...
Promoting Las Vegas as a medical and wellness destination
Organizations have partnered to promote Las Vegas as a destination for medical and wellness tourism. Las Vegas Convention and Visitors Authority (LVCVA), the Las...
Wellness tourism struggling in Austria
Hotel guide author believes that the days of new wellness tourism records in Austria are over as wellness hotels struggle to keep up on...
Omani medical tourists on Indian tourist visas denied entry into Chennai
A group of Omanis was denied entry into India after arriving for medical treatment on tourist visas. Patients are left to their own devices...
Mayo Clinic promoting domestic medical tourism to Jacksonville
Mayo Clinic targeting medical tourists for cancer care, organ transplants and stem cell treatment.
Mayo Clinic in Jacksonville, Florida has been well known for many...
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