Dental tourism develops in Romania
Romania is one of the up and coming destinations for dental tourism. Overseas customers represent a growing percentage of revenue for local dental clinics.
Romania...
Taiwan targets Chinese medical tourists
Taiwan is attracting record numbers of Chinese medical tourists and has taken steps to increase numbers further. Taiwan's National Immigration Agency (NIA) has eased...
Finland Care promotes health tourism to Russians
The number of Russians going to Finland for medical care or a wellness holiday is expected to increase substantially in the next few years....
Indonesia wants to become a health tourism destination
A tourism minister in Indonesia has stated that Indonesia has the potential to become a health tourism destination. Yet in 2012, a record number...
Medical tourism attracts patients from China, Russia and Middle East
Switzerland is becoming more popular as a destination for wellness and medical tourism. More private hospitals, spas, wellness centres and clinics are targeting the...
Turkey plans free health zones to attract medical tourism
Turkey will establish free health zones to attract patients from overseas, says health minister Recep Akdağ, "With the free health zones, we will make...
Costa Rica medical tourism numbers under question
2011 figures from International Promotion for Costa Rican Medicine (Promed) suggest that the number of medical tourists to Costa Rica was 48,000, compared to...
Problems in developing medical tourism to Vietnam
Vietnam has seen an increase in the number of medical tourists over the last five years. But the country has no plan to develop...
Doctors back Belize medical tourism plan
Local doctors on Belize were originally opposed to plans to make the tiny island a medical tourism destination, but now support the proposals.
Concerned that...
Iran targets medical travel from Oman
Iran has become a destination for Omani nationals needing medical treatment. The number of Omanis visiting Iran for medical tourism is on the rise...