UNWTO predicts 3-4% tourism growth in 2019
International tourist arrivals has reached 1.4 billion, two years ahead of forecasts, according to the latest UNWTO World Tourism Barometer. The Middle East and...
One in four patients at a new private hospital in Marbella is a medical...
With its stylish, shiny design and maximising of light, it feels more like a hotel than a brand new hospital.
Hospital Ceram is very much...
New hospitals may stem Kazakhstan growth
Outbound medical tourism boom may turn to bust as local facilities open. New specialist hospitals and clinics in Kazakhstan may mean fewer go overseas...
India’s US$3 billion medical tourism sector at risk
A recent meeting of the Foundation of Healthcare and Wellness Promotion of India concluded that the combination of no foreseen resolution to COVID-19, and...
State funding of Visit Florida to end?
One of the few US state tourism bodies that has spent money promoting medical tourism is under threat of closure. Bill to end state...
Cross-border healthcare agreements post Brexit
There is as much movement over the Northern Ireland-Ireland borders as there are cross-border healthcare deals between the two countries. IMTJ analyses the reciprocal...
Algarve has the potential to grow health tourism
Ahead of the 2019 Algarve Tourism Conference, Andrew Coutts, CEO of the ILM Tourism & Hospitality Real Estate Group Portugal, has urged the region...
Cancer insurance could reduce Jordan medical tourism
The Jordanian Cabinet has decided to cover all patients diagnosed with cancer with free insurance. This will reduce or end the need for cancer...
First multi organ transplants in UAE
Cleveland Clinic Abu Dhabi has made history in the UAE in delivering a multi-organ transplant programme.
Physicians at Cleveland Clinic Abu Dhabi have made history...
MHTC and MIDA encouraging overseas investment in healthcare
MHTC and MIDA encouraging overseas investment in healthcare.
The Malaysia Healthcare Travel Council (MHTC) is working with the Malaysian Investment Development Authority (MIDA) to forge...