Could Turkey hit US$3 billion from medical travel?
Turkey hopes to see medical tourism generate revenues of US$ 3 billion as numbers rise.
Local and international businesses see potential for Turkey's health care...
UNWTO: First quarter 2022 shows strong tourism recovery
According to the latest UNWTO World Tourism Barometer, international tourism saw a 182% year-on-year increase in January-March 2022, with destinations worldwide welcoming an estimated...
Ukraine patients treated in European hospitals
500 patients have been transferred from not only Ukraine, but Moldova and bordering EU member states to hospitals around Europe so they can receive...
New USA-Mexico medical collaboration
A new cross-border medical collaboration between the International Institute of Metabolic Medicine (IIMM) in Tijuana, Mexico and UC San Diego Health in the USA...
Bahrain to launch compulsory health insurance
Bahrain will bring in compulsory health insurance for expatriates later this year and citizens from 2023. The net result will be a fall in...
Medical travel generates US$300 million for Tunisia
Medical tourism generates around US$330 million for Tunisia every year, claims the country’s Ministry of Tourism and Handicrafts (ONTT). The authority has suggested that...
Netherlands government unlikely to outsource care to Germany
The 330 hospitals in the German state of North Rhine-Westphalia can help eliminate the massively long waiting lists for care in the Netherlands, says...
Croatian digital platform for medical tourism
The new Croatian ZagrebMed digital platform to promote medical and health tourism will launch this October. Designed to promote the City of Zagreb it...
Ghana targets Islamic countries
Ghana’s health technical director, Dr Hafez Adam Taher, has been appointed ambassador for health tourism, to promote the country’s medical and health tourism in...
Spas: New Era, New Consumer
The International Spa Association (ISPA) Foundation has released the 11th volume of its Consumer Snapshot initiative titled ‘New Era, New Consumer’. It examines the habits,...