International Medical Travel Journal: News
- South Korea posted a net surplus in medical tourism for the first time ever in 2011 as medical tourists spent US $115.6 million in Korea, while...
- The Bahamas provides the largest international client base for several hospitals in South Florida, with thousands of patients every year, but a new...
- A new health complex in the capital Bogota, costing between $11m and $19m, could boost health, wellness and cosmetic tourism to Colombia. The...
- The Middle East lost five million tourists last year due to the impact of the Arab Spring, according to the latest UNWTO World Tourism Barometer. New...
- 2011 was a disappointing year for many medical tourism destinations, but active promotion and encouragement from the government saw South Korea...
- As Dr. Devi Shetty’s plan for a medical tourism hospital in Grand Cayman gets closer to fruition, he told the BBC that if it works, it would...
- President Obama has announced the first ever national strategy on travel and tourism to boost travel to the United States and make it the number one...
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The London Clinic is the latest to target Middle East medical tourists but while fellow independent hospitals successfully attract top-end medical...
- The latest official figures on travel and medical tourism to India have put paid to the claim that India has millions of medical tourists, many from...
- An increasing number of hospitals are setting up international patient centres to help medical tourists with treatment, accommodation and travel; but...
- Patients Beyond Borders, a source of consumer and industry information about international health travel, and Medeguide, an online international...
- More and more patients going to Germany for medical treatment are choosing to go to Berlin. With 18,000 specialist doctors, 121,500 hotel beds, 70...
- Croatia has signed a EU accession treaty, paving the way for the former Yugoslav republic to join the 27-country bloc in mid-2013, after almost a...
- A UK dental provider argues that dental implants are cheaper at home than overseas. But with prices so variable around the country, it can be worth...
- Iran attracts patients from neighbouring states mostly for transplants, ophthalmology, orthopedics and dentistry.
Mohammadreza Shams-Ardekani of the...
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Medaway Health and Gorgeous Getaways, the avant-garde partnership companies of medical tourism and cosmetic surgery have announced their corporate...
- Working out which nationalities go where for medical treatment is an intriguing question. Speaking at a recent medical tourism seminar at the...
- China’s instant ban on unapproved stem cell treatment will affect some US patients, and a handful of specialist medical tourism agencies who...
- Brazilian construction company Braengel has been chosen to design a $500m complex including a hospital and a five star hotel in Riyadh. The project...
- US hospitals that made deals with major US employers are negotiating with other national companies on domestic medical tourism. Cleveland Clinic and...
