The seventh edition of Health Tourism Industry conference ended yesterday; has been the biggest European event about medical tourism.   HTI conference, which started onthe 28th of February, hosted, like every year, many international opinion leaders ofthis emerging sector. An intense program of meetings and conferences along three days. In thiscontext, the panel “Croatian Clinics: an emerging EU brand” aimed at differentiating Croatia from a purely dental care medical tourism destination. Indeed it offers several excellence centres in advanced specialization as orthopaedics or spinal

Czech Republic is among the first European destinations of medical tourism for in vitro fertilisation Also thanks to regulatory reforms, the demand of IVF treatments continues to grow in Italy. But still remain some challenges linked to long waiting lists and heterologue fertilisation. This is why more and more Italian couples embark on trips abroad to realize their dream. In the last ten years, Czech Republic has established itself as one of the most requested destination by couples looking for assisted reproduction treatments: the

Saudi Arabia believes in medical tourism’s great economic potential: Government launches “Vision 2030” plan. A project to radically transform the Kingdom’s economy basically relying on oil industries and commerce, by creating new jobs in private health sector. In the next five years, the aim is to triple the non-oil revenue with more then 500 initiatives, by reducing public-sector salaries but increasing government’s free services and by funding private sectors like the medical tourism one, in which the Ministry of Health wants to

Finally the “Made in Italy” expands, because beyond the cornerstones whic are food, wine and fashion, today we can say that both, medical tourism and spa tourism, are undergoing a big growth. The firsts to understand it right away were the Turkish tourists, in fact, Italy has become the first destination sold in Turkey, also because of the fact that Turkish Airlines has quadrupled in the last three years the number of Italian airports in. In addition we have to consider

“I am going for treatment to Russia”: that is a refrain increasingly running among foreigners. Igor Lanskoi, advisor to the Russian Health Minister, announced that the number of foreigners coming to the country as medical tourists is on the rise, and has brought between 7 to 10 billions (€ 115 million) of rubles in extra revenue. Health Minister Veronika Skvortsova said that, in 2015, the number of foreigners who underwent treatment in Russia increased fourfold compared to 2014. “Earlier, only citizens

Egypt’s Health Ministry has announced its medical tourism program for Hepatitis C virus patients, in coordination with the Tourism Ministry. To support this program there will be also the five times Golden Ball Lionel Messi, in fact, are known the events that have affected his health before becoming a professional soccer player. So, a sensitive testimonial and not at all disinterested in the topic. The argetinian champion is expected next week in Cairo. In a statement on Tuesday, the ministry said

According to a report published by the Chinese market leader about travelling, Ctrip, the market of Chinese medical tourism has grown by a staggering 500%, reaching a total of 500,000 outbound medical travels in 2016. According to this study, the type “Medical tourism” is ranked as the fourth most attractive in the “travel” sector among Chinese tourists, and was, in 2016, the market segment with the highest level of growth. For Chinese tourist destinations, there is a potentially very lucrative

Dubai: Over the past two years had a tremendous success some medical specialties attract a large number of patients from abroad. Dr. Laila Al Marzouiqi, director of Dubai Medical Tourism Project, during an interview with Gulf News spoke about the Arab Health: “Between 2015 and 2016, orthopaedics, ophthalmology, in vitro fertilization and dental treatments attracted the attention of many tourists who travel for health reasons. Revenue, regarding the “medical tourists” were of one million dirhams, a figure that is set

The “Muslim Band” issued by Trump against people from seven Islamic countries is likely to have serious repercussions on the industry of medical tourism. How? The Middle East region, which includes countries subject to the notice of Donald Trump, is one of the primary sources of patients traveling for medical care to the United States. This notice will not only damage the patients but also the doctors and their hospitals prepared by the time to their arrival. Many patients go for treatment for

The seventh celebrated HTI Conference (Health Tourism Industry), the largest international event of its kind in Europe, will take place once again in Croatia. The conference will be held from February 28 – March 2, 2017 at the Hotel Lone in Rovinj, bringing together the leading stakeholders in global health tourism from both the private and public sector. Innovative 3-in-1 integrated events will include two new international events – the IHLA Summit (International Luxury Hotel Association), and the TTM Festival