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Pent up demand – a medical tourism opportunity?
The pandemic clearly had a major impact on health services across the globe, diverting resources to treating COVID-19 patients and creating long term challenges...
China medical tourism zone revenues exceed US$200m
Hainan Boao Lecheng International Medical Tourism Pilot Zone has stated that its revenues increased 83.7% to 1.53 billion yuan (from US$130 million to US$240...
Indonesia foreign investor plans
Attempts in Indonesia to improve local healthcare, reduce outbound medical tourism and potentially offer inbound medical tourism by attracting overseas healthcare groups have been...
Ukraine: the impact of war
According to the Ukrainian Association of Medical Tourism (UAMT), 2018 and 2019 both saw 65,000 medical tourists visit Ukraine, mostly from Russia and Western...
Zimbabwe: a future medical travel destination?
Zimbabwe medical tourism is currently only outbound. There may be opportunities to promote the country as a destination for localised medical tourism, if some...
Spain: promoting Barcelona as a medical destination
Barcelona is promoting itself as a destination for specialised medical care. Part of the campaign is Barcelona Medical Destination (BMD), a programme run by...
Australia reopens from 21 February
Australia’s Prime Minister, Scott Morrison has brought forward the reopening borders from 17 April to 21 February. Australian citizens can travel overseas and return,...
Dubai hospital expands for international demand
RAK Hospital, a private hospital in Dubai’s northern Emirate of Ras Al Khaimah, has said it plans to triple its capacity to become a...
Taking the hospital to the customer
An alternative to inbound medical tourism for hospitals is to expand expertise overseas. For the UK, where many international patients travel from the Middle...
New Zealand: five stage opening plans
New Zealand's borders have been shut for nearly two years due to the pandemic. The country has announced a phased reopening of its borders,...
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