Medical tourism is a blend of tourism and healthcare as it is all about traveling beyond your national boundaries in order to seek medical treatment. The main motive of medical tourism is to save money on treatments and get the benefits of excellent medical facilities. Medical tourism includes health tourism, wellness tourism, dental, tourism, and spa tourism.
Wellness tourism is broader term in medical tourism, which emphasizes on enhancing the health conditions through alternative, traditional and complimentary healthcare services. Dental tourism is also an integral part of medical tourism, which refers to travelling overseas in order to achieve and maintain the dental health. Spa tourism aims to promote general healthcare and relaxation. It is based on the traditional healing of water as people move to natural hot water springs for relaxation and healing. Further, alternative wellness tourism includes traditional methods of curing and healing. Nowadays, many countries offering traditional methods of healing and curing chronic diseases like cardiovascular disease, metal disorders, joint pain, trauma, and other related problems. Countries like India and Singapore offer ayurveda, yoga and other traditional therapies to their guests in order to make them feel relax and promote health and wellbeing.
Many people travel across the boundaries to avail medical care and treatment, so it is important to understand the cultural needs and beliefs of the place you choose to visit. As a potential medical tourist, …
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The globalization of healthcare has brought up several ethical issues surrounding the practice. The fact that people travel from their home country to a medical tourism destination to avail certain treatments that are illegal or …
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The medical tourism industry is flourishing day by day and more patients are travelling to other countries to obtain affordable and high quality medical treatment. Before you board on your medical journey, you should consider …
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Medical tourism now-a-days has spread all over the world as the need of availing medical facilities across the borders has increased significantly. With the increase in health care costs in the developed countries, the middle class …
NEW PROJECTS, NEW DESTINATIONS, STEP FORWARD… After successfully completed and having the great results from the 2nd edition of AHT Forum, we are very pleased to inform you on the preparations and the ongoing activities …
3rd ADRIATIC HEALTH AND TOURISM INVESTMENT FORUM Scheduled ON OCTOBER, 21-22, ZAGREB Read More »
The global medical tourism is set to receive an investment boost in the 2nd Adriatic Health and Tourism Investment Forum to be held from 10th -12th October’18 in Zagreb, Croatia. The summit, one of its kind, …
The 4th International Health and Wellness Tourism Congress, the prime bi-annual medical tourism event in Central America and the Caribbean Islands is scheduled from 5th-7th September’18 in Hotel Renaissance Jaragua, Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic.
The 1st Adriatic Health and Investment Forum 2017 held in Zagreb, Croatia from 12th-13th October entirely dedicated to Investment in Medical Tourism brought to light one of the growing demands of this sector. I was …
The ugly squabble that emanated between Shaimaa Selim, sister of Eman Ahmed Abd El Aty, once considered as the heaviest woman of the world and Dr. Muffazal Lakdawala of Saifee Hospital in April’17 following the …
If unavailability of required medical support in the home soil is a big driver of medical tourism, Nunavut is perhaps the brightest example where half of the government’s expenditure goes into it.
