45 more medical tourism hospitals for Iran
The Health Ministry’s Health Tourism Council has authorised 45 more hospitals in Iran to admit international patients in one or more wards, taking the...
Cayman plans pushed back to 1 October
The Cayman Islands will not reopen its borders for international tourism on 1 September as planned. Health City Cayman Islands is still planning to...
Controversy over Delhi superbug returns to haunt medical tourism in India
Controversy over a superbug has returned to haunt medical tourism in India following the latest claims made by British medical journal, The Lancet. A...
Latest trends in fertility tourism
Julie Munro of MTQUA highlights the latest laws and trends in fertility tourism. Chinese medical tourists are already the single largest group using birth...
Israel to allow in vaccinated groups from May
Israel will soon allow in groups of tourists and medical tourists, but they have to be fully vaccinated. The health and tourism ministries say...
Between health and tourism lies medical travel opportunity
This holiday, stop with the excuses and start the plan to rebuild your medical travel business, says Ian Youngman. Just don’t base it on...
Will Mexico impose travel restrictions?
Mexico has so far allowed in travellers from almost anywhere without the need for testing or vaccinations or quarantine, and as a result has...
Medical travel insurance is key
Offering medical travel insurance to international patients is fast becoming an inseparable part of the customer experience explains Klaudia Futyma, Patient Advisor, at medical...
Subsidised domestic medical travel for US veterans
The Office of Veterans Affairs in the USA has said it will subsidise travel for VA medical appointments, including from St. Croix, St. Thomas,...
Relaxation of rules on advertising may help medical tourism to Malaysia
After much pressure on the Malaysian government to remove advertising restrictions that were harming medical tourism, it has finally relented. Private hospitals and clinics...