Reprinted: healthnews, 5-10-2023 Journeys to new places have the potential to awaken our minds, ultimately leading to enlightenment. In addition, an excursion, whether nearby or abroad, may be life-changing if it prompts one to reflect on one’s identity and life goals. What is transformative travel? People travel for numerous reasons. They travel to escape their mundane day-to-day … [Read more...]
From holidaymaker to hospital patient
As the Caribbean's tourism sector continues to expand post-pandemic, is medical assistance provision keeping up? Megan Gaen investigates. Idyllic islands, beautiful beaches, tropical paradise: all synonymous with the Caribbean. Healthcare and evacuation, not so much – though possibly crucial for visitors to the region. Seeing the inside of a local hospital is not usually on the itinerary for … [Read more...]
Medical tourism looking sickly as patients watch their spending
BUDAPEST, Feb 27 (Reuters) - Attila Knott has an empty dental hospital in Hungary. The foreigners with bad teeth he was counting on never arrived, deterred first by COVID-19 and now by a cost-of-living crisis that has left the medical tourism industry struggling to recover even after the lifting of pandemic travel restrictions. "People are more cautious," Knott told Reuters, staring at the … [Read more...]
State sponsored medical travel… Boom or bust?
International patients funded by governments are much fewer than for other self-funded medical travel niches, but the revenue generated from their treatment is much, much higher. A number of factors are however going to impact the future of this aspect of medical travel, says IMTJ editor in chief Keith Pollard in his latest blog. Medical travel or medical tourism (if you prefer that phrase) is … [Read more...]
Medical travel increases to Dominican Republic
The Turks and Caicos Islands state paid US$7 million for medical procedures in health centres in the Dominican Republic in 2021. From January 2022, the two countries will also strengthen health tourism and educational programmes aimed at the medical profession. One health cluster in the Dominican Republic is also proposing a shift from promoting low-cost treatments to an offer based on quality … [Read more...]