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South Korean medical tourism increasing
Official South Korean tourist organization KTO expects medical tourist numbers to reach 598,000 in 2015 and 998,000 in 2020.With such a surge in numbers,...
Looking at the growth of the dental tourism market
Ian Youngman looks at the growth in the dental tourism market, the increase in both demand and supply and how providers will need to...
Inbound and outbound Australian medical tourism growing
New figures show that while Australia may have a smaller inbound than outbound medical tourism industry, inbound medical tourism is often driven by better...
State funding supports dental tourism to Hungary
Hungarian dentists who target foreign patients have so far received 12.4 million Euros in European Union and state funding available under a scheme that...
Book review: Health, Tourism and Hospitality: Spas, Wellness and Medical Travel
The second edition of "Health, Tourism and Hospitality: Spas, Wellness and Medical Travel" takes an in-depth and comprehensive look at the growing health, wellness...
Chinese visitors may revive focus on medical tourism
Accelerating numbers of Chinese visitors to the islands of Hawaii represent a refreshed and unprecedented opportunity for health tourism.
A few years ago, on contract...
The risks of medical tourism are hard to find
The final report of a two year UK study into medical tourism (“Implications for the NHS of inward and outward medical tourism”) was published...
Political crisis driving medical tourists away from Thailand
With many of the 50 countries that had already advised citizens to think twice before traveling to Thailand, upgrading advice to recommend that they...
Cyprus government urged to promote health tourism
Polys Georgiades of the Medical Services Promotion Agency urges the Cyprus government to help and finance medical tourism, as it will bring economic benefits...
Ethiopian patients traveling for treatment abroad
Addis Ababa in Ethiopia is the centre of local outbound medical tourism. Due to poor local healthcare, an increasing number of Ethiopians are seeking...
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