DHA launches “Dubai In One Day” medical tourism packages.
The Dubai Health Authority (DHA)’s “Dubai In One Day” initiative is aimed at providing visitors with comprehensive health screening packages in the Emirate.
The screening...
What exactly is Health Tourism?
Can you, and should you, promote your offering as a ‘wellness’ service? From a marketing point of view, the critical issue is the expectations...
Universal healthcare and medical tourism
For medical travel destinations to be effective in targeting international patients, it is vital to understand how the healthcare and health insurance systems of...
Europe tourism approaches pre-pandemic levels
According to early estimates on tourism published by Eurostat, the EU tourism industry seems to be strongly rebounding from the COVID-19 pandemic. The total...
Italy launches thermal tourism promotion
Spa tourism is a sector that the Italian government is now supporting. A key target market is France.
Italy’s Minister of Tourism, Daniela Santanché, recently...
Chinese travel to Thailand restarts
There are positive signs for the medical tourism sector as China will soon allow tour groups to visit Thailand, which will lead to more...
Greece: spa and wellness market ripe for investment
At a recent conference run by the Greek Health Tourism Council (Elitour), the Greek National Tourism Organisation (GNTO) said that Greece represents a major...
Belgium: providing care for French citizens
France has a strong welfare state, but shortcomings in the French care system have led some citizens to seek care in other European countries....
JCI accredits telehealth
Joint Commission International has launched the JCI Telehealth Certification Programme as an extra, only for existing accredited JCI hospitals.
The JCI recognises that patients worldwide...
Global travel trends 2023
Tourism is set to return to pre-pandemic levels in some regions in 2023. “Will medical tourism follow?”, asks IMTJ analyst Ian Youngman.
After stronger than...
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