Tunisia targets new medical tourism markets
Until recently, legal restrictions on investment by overseas companies, taxation on medical tourists and limited facilities, meant that Tunisia was limited to a few,...
The Irish Dental Association publishes a survey raising doubts on medical tourism
The Irish Dental Association is the most recent medical professionals body to publish a "survey" raising doubts about medical tourism.
The Irish Dental Association is...
Medical Tourism: Affordable Bariatric Surgery in the USA
September 10, 2009 --(PR.com)-- Self Paying weight loss surgery patients across North America now have a new choice, thanks to the tie-up between Medical...
Robert Gerl has set up an MBA in medical tourism, we ask him why.
The IMTJ spoke to Robert Gerl about the new MBA programme in health and medical tourism. Robert is the coordinator and co-founder of the...
Medical tourism conferences and roadshows in the Middle East
India's Ministry of Tourism (MoT) will organise medical tourism road shows in the Middle East this October, in a bid to increase medical tourism...
Malaysian medical tourism statistics
The Malaysia Tourism Promotion Board (MTPB, Tourism Malaysia) is embarking on a three-year project to collect market data on health tourism, as the country...
Health Travel Industry Research Society of Thailand launches
The Health Travel Industry Research Society of Thailand (HTRIS), a non-profit, private sector initiative, has been established focusing on Thailand's international health travel industry,...
CHKS: International hospital accreditation services
The international market for UK based accreditation agency CHKS continues to expand in some interesting directions. Having established a strong foothold in Europe over...
India now wants dental tourists and Arab visitors
Indian dentists want a share of the medical tourism pie. Cities such as Chennai, popular with foreigners for its low-cost heart and eye surgery,...
Ian Youngman looks at the predictions made back in 2008
Ian Youngman from IMTJ looks at some of the predictions and forecasts for medical tourism that were made in 2008, and the harsh reality...