Medical tourism industry valued at $439 billion, poised for 25% annual growth
[caption id="attachment_1336" align="alignnone" width="550"] The global medical tourism industry is set to boom in the coming years, with a new report forecasting an annual growth rate of up to 25% over the next decade[/caption]The global medical tourism industry is set to
Global organisations meet to conceptualize wellness and medical tourism
Even though the phenomena of wellness and health tourism have been practiced for sometime, there are no definitive concepts for them.The United Nations World Tourism Organization (UNWTO) and the European Travel Commission (ETC) organized a roundtable in Budapest, Hungary to
Medical tourism is big business: 80,000 Omanis traveled to Thailand last year
More than 80,000 Omanis travelled to Thailand in 2015, the designate Thailand Ambassador to the Sultanate of Oman, said.“A majority of the tourists from Oman visted Thailand for medical treatment,” Ambassador Jesda Katavetin said.Explaining why his country is a major hub
e-visa regime may be extended to medical tourism, business tourists soon
After enabling e-visa facility to 150 countries, the government is in the process of further reforming the regime to boost tourism sector in the country."We have e-visa for 150 countries. We are reforming the e-visa regime further. We are trying
JAMPRO WOOS US INVESTORS TO PROMOTE MEDICAL TOURISM TO JAMAICA
US investors are the latest targets for a Jamaica government seeking to attract medical tourists.Jamaica’s trade and investment promotion arm Jamaica Promotions Corporation (Jampro) has been hosting two business forums that promote Jamaica as a destination for medical tourism investments, business partnerships and
SPAINCARES OUTLINES MEDICAL TOURISM AMBITION
Thousands of visitors arrive in Spain every year to undergo health treatments in Spanish hospitals, clinics and medical spas. Spaincares suggests that numbers will double in a few years to 200,000 visitors.Thousands of visitors arrive in Spain every year to
Medical Tourism: How cheaper costs are pulling foreign patients to India
Owing to quality medical services coming at a cheaper price, India is witnessing a swelling number of patients from other countries each year boosting medical tourism. According to the data available with Ministry of Tourism, as many as 96,856 foreigners
Global Heart-lung Machines Market 2016-2020 – Increased Medical Tourism in APAC – Research and Markets
Research and Markets has announced the addition of the "Global Heart-lung Machines Market 2016-2020" report to their offering.The report forecasts the global heart-lung machines market to grow at a CAGR of 3.67% during the period 2016-2020.The report has been prepared based on an
SPA Business: Georgian Hub of Medical and Wellness Tourism
[caption id="attachment_1313" align="alignnone" width="800"] The FINANCIAL -- The ads are alluring and impossible to miss: a tranquil atmosphere featuring relaxed and beautiful people, all of whom presumably got that way by living the "spa" life.[/caption]Universally, the word spa is associated
B.C. aware of 26 ‘baby houses’ as birth tourism from China booms
Health ministry investigators are aware of more than two dozen so-called birth houses in B.C. offering pregnant foreign mothers temporary room and board before and after giving birth in local hospitals, according to Freedom of Information documents obtained by Postmedia.The baby