Thailand allows medical travel without quarantine
From the beginning of this month, Thailand is allowing in fully vaccinated tourists and medical tourists without quarantine. Compared to 40 million tourists in...
New Zealand medical travel must wait until 2022
New Zealanders normally travel for medical treatment to Australia, and to Malaysia or Thailand for cosmetic surgery and dental care, but 2021 medical tourism...
Romania transfers patients abroad
Romania is transferring patients with severe forms of Covid-19 to Germany at state expense, according to a decision of the Committee for Emergency Situations...
Iran open to vaccinated medical travel
After almost 20 months of closure, Iran has reopened its doors to tourists, health tourists and medical tourists vaccinated against Covid-19.
The country's anti-virus taskforce...
China to open borders in 2022
China’s inbound and outbound medical tourism will not resume in 2021 and may not until later in 2022. Its plan is to open borders...
Vietnam’s untapped medical travel potential
Vietnam has an ambitious tourism strategy to attract 35 million foreign tourists by 2025 and 50 million by 2030. The country has not yet...
Turkey eases visas for inbound medical travel
As competitors have opened or plan to open to medical tourists, Turkey’s government has authorised the Services Exporters' Association (HIB) to ease visa requirements...
Vietnam: opportunities for health and wellness sector
As Vietnam prepares to open up again from this December, there are opportunities to develop its medical and health tourism sector.
At a recent webinar...
USA: only fully vaccinated tourists from 2022
New rules will apply to all inbound land, sea and air travellers to the USA from 2022, including all health and medical tourists, with...
UNWTO: how dependable is its travel data?
Many businesses rely on the United Nation World Tourism Organisation (UNWTO) for accurate information and statistics on travel, and while it rarely provides medical...
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