Archive for March, 2010

Medical tourism banking on U.S. health care reform

Posted on 27 March 2010 in Uncategorized by admin


The medical tourism industry is welcoming President Barack Obama’s new health care reform law with a smile that would make a Botox doctor proud.

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Health care reform alternative: Medical tourism

Posted on 27 March 2010 in Uncategorized by admin


So you’re not thrilled with the new healthcare reform package signed into law today by President Barack Obama. What can you do?

Well, you can be like talk radio host Rush Limbaugh and move to Costa Rica as a way of protesting the new law. Better yet, you can combine your love of travel with your need for medical care by experiencing medical tourism.

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300 firms taking part in India ‘catalog show’

Posted on 27 March 2010 in Uncategorized by admin


JEDDAH – India’s trade with Saudi Arabia is gradually increasing not only in terms of revenue but range as well, according to Consul General Sayeed Ahmed Baba.

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Sales data, Obama push healthcare pulse on BSE

Posted on 27 March 2010 in Uncategorized by admin


The healthcare index of the Bombay Stock Exchange rose to a 52-week high on Friday. A record increase in revenues from domestic drug sales and anticipation on a new healthcare Bill in the world’s biggest medicine market, the US, which is expected to encourage export there of low-cost medicines, were the reasons attributed.

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'After You' Campaign Proposed for Tourism

Posted on 27 March 2010 in Uncategorized by admin


100319 p01 interview 'After You' Campaign Proposed for TourismSeoul needs an “After You” campaign to make foreign visitors feel more welcome, the city’s top tour promoter said Friday.

“Koreans are the most hospitable people in the world but they are shy of showing this to people they meet for the first time,” said Samuel Koo, CEO of the Seoul Tourism Organization (STO), in an interview The Korea Times.

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Affordable laparoscopic gastric banding in India with exciting medical tourism

Posted on 26 March 2010 in Uncategorized by admin


Laparoscopic gastric banding in India is offered at different health care centers of Chennai, Goa and Mumbai with most advanced technology and modern treatment facilities.

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Moving forward with wellness tourism

Posted on 25 March 2010 in Uncategorized by admin


Wellness tourism is one of the most promising niche markets within the tourism field, but it remains an area which needs to be expanded within Barbados.

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PAKISTAN: Health tourism potential being wasted

Posted on 22 March 2010 in Uncategorized by admin


While the government of Pakistan seeks to improve hospital quality in the hope of attracting medical tourists, a leading local expert warns that it may all be in vain.

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Thanks to Indian medical tourism for affordable cost Cosmetic dentistry in India

Posted on 21 March 2010 in Uncategorized by admin


Medical Tourism in India for Cosmetic dentistry is one of the best options available to people across the globe. India, as a medical tourism destination, is appealing to UK residents who are unable to afford expensive private healthcare in their own country and prefer not to endure lengthy NHS waiting lists.

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Japanese medical tourism develops slowly

Posted on 17 March 2010 in Uncategorized by admin


As Japan encourages Chinese medical tourists, the government warns hospitals against assisting Japanese patients to get transplants in China.

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