SOUTH KOREA: Clinics and hospitals given right to operate hotels
SOUTH KOREA: Clinics and hospitals given right to operate hotels Wed, 22 Oct 2014 12:38:30 GMT The government in South Korea has changed the law to allow clinics and hospitals to own and operate hotels, to help promote medical tourism. There are several hotels that have partnerships with hospitals and clinics, but the new rules […]
CHINA : Live longer, become a medical tourist
CHINA : Live longer, become a medical tourist Wed, 22 Oct 2014 12:43:09 GMT The southern Chinese tourist resort of Hainan offers tourists the chance to live longer. The International Expert Committee on Population Aging and Longevity (ISCPAL) has declared the island province as a World Longevity Island. The only other island in the world […]
SWITZERLAND: Suicide tourism in Switzerland targets patients who are not terminally ill
SWITZERLAND: Suicide tourism in Switzerland targets patients who are not terminally ill Wed, 22 Oct 2014 12:49:24 GMT A recent magazine feature suggests that the business of “assisted suicide” is now attracting people who are not terminally ill. In Switzerland, the numbers of people travelling from abroad to die are growing dramatically. Even more disturbing […]
AFRICA, AUSTRALASIA: AXA launches cross- border insurance plans
AFRICA, AUSTRALASIA: AXA launches cross- border insurance plans Wed, 22 Oct 2014 12:53:21 GMT While medical tourism linked insurance has not yet happened, and shows few signs of being important to health insurance in the future, an increasing number of international health plans accept that in certain parts of the world it is important to […]
BAHAMAS: Slow progress in medical tourism
BAHAMAS: Slow progress in medical tourism Wed, 22 Oct 2014 12:57:56 GMT IMTJ has published several reports on plans for medical tourism to the Bahamas, but these plans have yet to bear fruit. A local surgeon has put forward his view on the lack of progress. Bahamas surgeon Duane Sands says, “The Bahamas must knock […]
GLOBAL: Growth in international tourism
GLOBAL: Growth in international tourism Wed, 22 Oct 2014 12:58:54 GMT International tourist arrivals grew by 4.6% in the first half of 2014 according to the latest UNWTO World Tourism Barometer. Destinations worldwide received 517 million international tourists between January and June 2014, 22 million more than in the same period of 2013. Growth was […]
SOUTH KOREA: Pop group launches new medical tourism website for South Korea
SOUTH KOREA: Pop group launches new medical tourism website for South Korea Visit Medical Korea, an integrated platform for Korean medical tourism, was launched in October by local pop group and honorary ambassador JYJ. Available in English, Japanese and Chinese, the Visit Medical Korea website provides up-to-date medical tourism information about beauty, herbal medicine, wellness, […]
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