TCM centre planned in Cambodia
China plans to build a Traditional Chinese Centre in Cambodia to offer more TCM treatment to local patients, while also conducting professional training for local...
Indonesia: growing medical travel sector in Bali
Increasing numbers of health facilities and clinics are interested in providing medical tourism services, says the Bali Medical Tourism Association (BMTA).
According to the BMTA,...
Finland bans Russian travellers
Finland has banned most Russian travellers, even those with visas. This includes medical and health tourists. The country wants all EU and Schengen countries...
Mandatory health insurance for medical travel to Qatar
Qatar has set a premium for mandatory health insurance for tourists and medical tourists entering the country, according to the Official Gazette published on...
Canada province broadens medical travel support
Prince Edward Island’s Out-of-Province Medical Travel Support Programme now includes a petrol card for eligible Islanders travelling off-island to receive specialised healthcare services. The programme is...
Japan to allow visa-free, independent tourists
Japan will finally lift more of its Covid border curbs next month. From 11 October, the country will allow individual trips visa-free and remove...
Taiwan opens to medical tourists
Medical tourists going to Taiwan are now no longer asked to undergo mandatory Covid-19 quarantine. As of 13 October, inbound arrivals to the country...
Hong Kong fully reopens
Hong Kong is finally ending mandatory hotel quarantine for overseas arrivals after more than two years, but with restrictions still in China it is...
Healthcare travel to Northern Ireland
To avoid long waiting lists in their country, 2,600 Irish residents travelled to Northern Ireland for private healthcare in the space of 18 months...
Cosmetic surgery: patient safety accreditation expands globally
The International Society of Aesthetic Plastic Surgery (ISAPS) is linking with QUAD A (the rebranded American Association for Accreditation of Ambulatory Surgery Facilities, AAAASF)...
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