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IATA: slight improvement in air travel
The International Air Transport Association (IATA) reports passenger demand for June 2021 shows a very slight improvement in both international and domestic air travel...
Nigeria seeks West-African patients
The Evercare Hospital Lekki in Lagos is seeking to be a preferred treatment destination for citizens of Nigeria and for inbound medical tourism across...
India’s inbound medical travel flow
Bangladesh has emerged as one of the key sources of medical tourists for India, and the number was increasing every year.
The inflow of medical...
Ghana medical tourism ambitions
Ghana’s leading healthcare institution, the Korle-Bu Teaching Hospital, which is also the third biggest referral centre in Africa, has ambitions to become a key medical...
Kuwait restricts outbound travel
From August 1, only vaccinated Kuwaitis are allowed to go on foreign trips. Outbound vaccinated medical travellers are, however, still restricted on choice, as...
UNESCO recognises Europe’s spas
Eleven Spa towns in Europe are celebrating after their collective addition to UNESCO’s list of World Heritage sites.
The World Heritage Committee has added eleven...
Costa Rica drops mandatory travel health insurance
There is good news for Costa Rica’s medical tourism industry as the country has updated its entry requirements, dropping mandatory travel health insurance from...
USA: not open yet for inbound travel
Despite political promises to open the borders to international travel, the USA has extended the closure of land borders with Canada and Mexico to...
Medical travel needs global vaccine recognition
The restart of international travel and medical travel could be seriously delayed without worldwide reciprocal recognition of all approved COVID-19 vaccines, says the World...
India to draft a national medical tourism strategy
The Ministry of Tourism has formulated a draft national strategy for medical and wellness tourism to promote India as key destination for this sector.
The...
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