Category: Medical Tourism

Swiss National Park Swiss Tourism board is looking at the strong potential in medical tourism, and is eying UAE as a source market for medical tourism to Switzerland. “At the moment, it’s (medical tourism) less than 10 per cent of total visits to Switzerland. That’s why we see so much potential and opportunity to grow. We’re looking at the UAE because we already have substantial clientele who come to visit Switzerland,” said Martin Nydeggar, chief executive officer of Switzerland Tourism. Switzerland welcomes around 70 million visitors a year. However, these numbers are not in the country for medical tourism. “We ... Read more

Emirates to launch non-stop Dubai-Newark (Newark Liberty International Airport (EWR)) service with a second daily flight from 1rst June 2018, adding to its existing daily flight which operates with a stop in Athens, Greece. The new non-stop service will be operated with an Emirates Boeing 777-300ER, offering 8 suites in First Class, 42 seats in Business, 306 in Economy Class, and 19 tonnes of belly-hold cargo capacity. Flight EK223 will depart Dubai at 3 am and arrive in Newark at 9 am. The return flight EK224 departs Newark at 11.50 am, arriving in Dubai at 8.20 am the next day.  ... Read more

Photo Courtesy: media office.ae Dubai, the largest and populous city of the United Arab Emirates, is all set to conduct its first international conference in Medical Tourism on 20 February 2018 at Madinat Jumeirah. The theme adopted for the conference is ‘Reimagining Experience’. Speakers of the event would be eminent personalities in the field of health and travel sector from various parts of the country. Various aspects related in the field of health such as new techniques, insurance schemes, qualified professionals, quality education etc will be discussed at the event. The convention consists of several exhibitions as well as conferences represented by ... Read more

Web Desk India has positioned itself as a destination for medical treatment with people from all parts of the world flocking the land as it quotes reasonable, quality service in health with a cost less than 60-90 per cent when comparing with the rest of the globe. photo courtesy :astermedcity.com With the number of estimated tourist arrivals is expected to double over the next four years, the Indian government forecast that medical tourism would fetch over 6 billion tourists in 2018 and 9 billion by 2020, with the current estimate in value terms of 3 billion dollars. Top list in ... Read more