International Medical Travel Journal: News
- A major new independent report takes a look at what is happening in the world of medical tourism, and gives guidance as to where the future...
- A new report from research firm Technopak Advisors argues that the revenue from medical tourism to India is set to grow 250% between 2010 and 2015...
- A new foundation aims to improve healthcare delivery in African countries, with a long-term aim of reducing the need for Africans to travel to India...
- New research on inbound and outbound UK medical tourism,’ by academics from the University of Birmingham and University of York, raises...
- There are already signs that the winds of change in the Middle East will affect medical tourism, but in each country the effects may...
- There is growing controversy over the potential development of medical tourism in Belize. The policies are currently being drafted and could...
- According to a new report by Global Industry Analysts - ’Specialty Tourism: A Global Outlook’ - medical tourism continues to grow despite...
- Although between them they have less than 8 million residents, the Baltic states of Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania are extending beyond their...
- While politicians urged the Department of Tourism to promote medical tourism, a tourism official told a national conference that it had failed to...
- If figures from a Canadian academic are correct, South Africa had over 400,000 medical tourists in 2010 and currently gets 300,000 to 350,000 a year,...
- At the Arab Health Congress in Dubai, hospitals across the world demonstrated their plans to expand within the Gulf Arab region where the fast...
- The Philippines has long sought to be a major medical tourism destination, and a new study suggests both why it has failed and why it can succeed in...
- South Korea posted a net surplus in medical tourism for the first time ever in 2011 as medical tourists spent US $115.6 million in Korea, while...
- The Bahamas provides the largest international client base for several hospitals in South Florida, with thousands of patients every year, but a new...
- A new health complex in the capital Bogota, costing between $11m and $19m, could boost health, wellness and cosmetic tourism to Colombia. The...
- The Middle East lost five million tourists last year due to the impact of the Arab Spring, according to the latest UNWTO World Tourism Barometer. New...
- 2011 was a disappointing year for many medical tourism destinations, but active promotion and encouragement from the government saw South Korea...
- As Dr. Devi Shetty’s plan for a medical tourism hospital in Grand Cayman gets closer to fruition, he told the BBC that if it works, it would...
- President Obama has announced the first ever national strategy on travel and tourism to boost travel to the United States and make it the number one...
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The London Clinic is the latest to target Middle East medical tourists but while fellow independent hospitals successfully attract top-end medical...
