South African medical tourism is about… Africa
A new research project reports that while South Africa is often portrayed as a cosmetic surgery destination for Europeans, the reality is that by...
European Cross-Border Health Care Organization launches
The European Cross-Border Health Care Organization (ECHO) is a new forum for the European cross-border healthcare sector, which aims to embrace members from all...
Are COVID vaccinations good news for medical travel, or currently too high a risk...
Despite concerns that vaccinated people may still spread COVID-19, several medical and heath tourism destinations plan to or are considering opening to vaccinated travellers....
Argentina has potential for medical travel
New findings from the World Economic Forum (WEF) identify key action areas Argentina can pursue to enhance tourism. It says that visitors can take...
Leading US hospital targets Chinese medical tourism market
To attract more Chinese medical tourists, leading US hospital, Cedars-Sinai Medical Centre has partnered with a Beijing medical tourism agency.
The non-profit hospital in Los...
Bringing medical tourists to the USA
VoyagerMed claims to be a different medical tourism platform as it seeks to attract overseas patients to top US hospitals.
Most US medical tourism agencies...
Single Chinese women seeking sperm donors abroad
According to the Japan Times, wealthy single Chinese women are having to travel abroad to access sperm banks, due to cultural and regulatory restrictions...
73,200 visit Estonia for health treatments in 2017
According to an article in Today, a growing number of people are travelling from nearby countries of Finland, Sweden, Norway and Iceland, plus from the...
Korea expands support for wellness
South Korea will expand support for wellness tourism to attract health-conscious tourists across the world. Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism believes that wellness...
Sweden medical tourism research reports
Sweden has an ambivalent approach on medical tourism. Hospitals offer high quality specialised treatment, but incoming medical tourism is small.
Sweden has an ambivalent approach...