UNTWO launches United for Travel campaign

The Global Tourism Crisis Committee of the World Tourism Organization (UNWTO), is advancing solid plans to restart tourism. It believes the integration of vaccines...

Travel bubble could help Malaysia’s medical travel sector

Malaysia and Indonesia have provisionally agreed to set up a reciprocal green lane travel corridor. This could save Malaysian medical tourism in 2021. Under the...

Enayati Medical City opens

The first medical city in Romania, Enayati Medical City, has opened in northern Bucharest. A €60million investment project of Wargha Enayati, the former owner...

Denmark and Sweden citizens to get vaccine passports

Denmark and Sweden are each to introduce digital vaccine passports for their citizens. Both countries say that the certificates will be designed to allow...

Inbound tourists to Cuba offered COVID vaccine

Cuba is developing four vaccines for SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes COVID-19, and has plans to rapidly vaccinate its 11.3m population. The country plans...

Collaboration will be key for travel recovery

The COVID-19 pandemic caused total disruption in the travel industry. A spotlight review, ‘Mapping the travel sector’s recovery’ by Bloomberg New Economy Forum and...

Singapore considers freedoms for vaccinated travellers

Singapore has said it will consider relaxing curbs for vaccinated travellers, potentially from May. The government decision will depend on whether there is clear...

IATA urges support for common certificate

The International Air Transport Association (IATA) is urging the European Union to support an initiative from Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis to agree a...

New US-Canada restrictions will restrict medical travel

President Biden has imposed tough new travel restrictions that are seriously restricting travel inbound and outbound from the USA. With a small number of...

The economic value of medical tourism is often the forgotten piece in the jigsaw

We know how difficult it is to measure medical tourism flows. e.g. How many patients travel from Country A to Country B for treatment?...