Saudi Arabia Vision 2030: access to quality healthcare
Improving access to quality healthcare and building a world-class infrastructure is a key pillar of Saudi Arabia’s Vision 2030. Like its GCC counterparts, the country has...
Thailand Pass requirement dropped
Medical tourists travelling to Thailand will no longer need to have the Thailand Pass registration and the US$10,000 health insurance from July 1. This...
Aster expands hospitals in India and UAE
Alisha Moopen of Aster DM Healthcare has recently explained the firm’s expansion plans in India, which involves building new hospitals, and its plans in...
Korea looks towards wellness tourism
The Korea Tourism Organisation (KTO) is looking to the future. As the Covid-19 epidemic slows, it is looking at wellness tourism rather than simple...
Malaysia lobbies Indonesia to rebuild medical travel
The Melaka state government has asked Indonesia to open the Sultan Syarif Kasim II Airport in Pekanbaru, Riau for international flights, especially the Melaka-Pekanbaru...
Columbia: expanding medical travel concierge services
Medellin-based medical tourism agency Health Bridge Medical expands its medical tourism concierge services.
Health Bridge Medical offers a growing list of cosmetic and non-cosmetic procedures....
Metaverse technology to promote medical travel to Egypt
Egypt’s General Authority of Health Care has announced it will use metaverse technology to promote inbound medical travel, as the country’s tourism sector is...
MENA: new hospital projects grow
As medical provision in MENA grows, outbound medical tourism to Asia and Europe will be replaced by domestic and regional medical tourism. According to...
Can Thailand’s SMILE strategy revive medical tourism?
The Prime Minister of Thailand has recently unveiled a new strategy named “SMILE”, which aims to ensure the sustainable development of Thai tourism. The...
Malaysia reinforces medical travel sector growth
Malaysia Healthcare Travel Council (MHTC) CEO, Mohd Daud Mohd Arif, has said Malaysia remains committed to providing quality and affordable healthcare to international patients...