“Heal in India”

India’s tourism ministry campaign for medical tourism, “Heal in India”, has been launched in Dubai,  focusing on building medical traveller’s confidence in India’s healthcare...

Caymans prepares for return of medical travel

During the border closures in 2020 and 2021, locals in the Cayman Islands had difficulty getting medical treatment abroad and were instead treated by...

Growing medical travel to Egypt

Karnak International Hospital and health platform Altibbi are each looking to build international patient access to Egypt’s healthcare services. State run Karnak International Hospital in...

Medical travel increases to Dominican Republic

The Turks and Caicos Islands state paid US$7 million for medical procedures in health centres in the Dominican Republic in 2021. From January 2022,...

A new definition for medical travel in 2022?

Medical tourism is often described as travelling from one country to another, but often forgotten is travelling for treatment within a country. So where...

More treatments for inbound medical tourists to Turkey

Turkish medical tourism agent Health Centres Turkey has added more treatments for 2022, to include access to specialist aesthetic and weight loss clinicians across...

Personalised packages for medical tourists to Thailand

New co-living concept property development, HOMA Phuket Town, has announced it will work together with Bangkok Hospital Phuket, Bangkok Hospital Siriroj and Dibuk Hospital...

Medicine pass for Singapore-South Korea travel

Travellers between Singapore and South Korea can now sign up for a travel medicine pass which gives them access to medical services including pre-departure...

Malaysia targets US$190m medical travel revenue for 2022

The Malaysian government is targeting direct revenue of RM800 million (US$190m) in 2022 and RM1.7 billion (US$400m) in 2025 from the country’s medical tourism...

Plan to increase EU cooperation on rare diseases

The EU is to up its ambition in tackling rare diseases, with France - as a long term champion of EU cooperation in this...