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USA: only the vaccinated can come in
Only vaccinated medical travellers can currently enter the USA, while Americans have been advised to avoid more countries.
All medical tourists, including Americans returning from...
Foreign medical products attract medical travel to Hainan, China
Lecheng International Medical Tourism Zone in eastern Hainan Island claims it is three years ahead of schedule in registering foreign medical products, clearing more...
UNTWO: 2022 will be better for international tourism
The first 2022 issue of the UNWTO World Tourism Barometer has reported a 4% rise in international tourist arrivals in 2021, and is predicting...
2022: “Visit Sri Lanka Year”
The Sri Lankan government has declared 2022 as the "Visit Sri Lanka Year" in line with its integrated five-year Global Communication Campaign, aiming to...
Portugal: order a doctor on Uber Eats
Lisbon residents are able to order a visit from a doctor by logging into their Uber Eats app on their smartphones. The Portuguese capital...
Could Kenya increase inbound travel for surrogacy?
There is an opportunity to ramp up surrogacy travel to Kenya, as legislation closes competing markets such as India.
Several Asian nations have enacted harsher...
India’s Hospals raises US$3.5 million for expansion
Cross border medical travel agency start-up Hospals is planning to use the funds raised for expanding geographically. Their target is to reach US$300 million...
Medical tourism and cervical cancer screening: new research
New Open Access research published last month in BMC Women's Health volume 21, Article number: 414 (2021) by Sou Hyun Jang, Hendrika Meischke and...
State sponsored medical travel… Boom or bust?
International patients funded by governments are much fewer than for other self-funded medical travel niches, but the revenue generated from their treatment is much,...
UAE: outbound non-vaccinated medical travel allowed
The United Arab Emirates will allow outbound travel for individuals medically exempted from taking the Covid-19 vaccine, humanitarian cases, and those travelling for medical...
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