Articles tagged “medical tourism”

Hotels

Skift India Report: Hotels Hit Rocketship Growth in the Second Quarter

Demand drivers such as the G20 Summit, ICC Cricket World Cup 2023, wedding season and international tourist arrivals will continue to boost the demand for rooms.

Amrita Ghosh | 2 months ago

Skift India Report: Hotels Hit Rocketship Growth in the Second Quarter

Tourism

Egypt Sees Potential in Highly Competitive Medical Tourism Industry

Egypt believes it's well-positioned to take advantage of the surging interest in medical tourism, but it needs to make treatment more affordable in the face of increasing competition.

Harriet Akinyi, Skift | 4 months ago

Egypt Sees Potential in Highly Competitive Medical Tourism Industry

Tourism

India Daily: EaseMyTrip Opens Retail Store in Patna

India must increase investment and leverage public-private partnership models to build on its niche tourism offerings — such as medical, wellness and spiritual tourism — to attract more international tourists.

Amrita Ghosh | 5 months ago

India Daily: EaseMyTrip Opens Retail Store in Patna

Tourism

India Daily: Hotel Occupancy to Improve to 66 Percent in 2023

Strong leisure travel demand and resumption of international flights have been instrumental in reshaping the fortunes of the hospitality sector. But will the trend continue?

Amrita Ghosh | 5 months ago

India Daily: Hotel Occupancy to Improve to 66 Percent in 2023

Tourism

Skift India Daily: India Bets Big on Medical Tourism With Indigenous Treatments

For India to get an edge over other destinations in medical tourism, the government thinks that it would be best to integrate contemporary medicine with indigenous treatments.

Amrita Ghosh | 6 months ago

Skift India Daily: India Bets Big on Medical Tourism With Indigenous Treatments

Tourism

Skift India Daily: Indian Carriers Grab a Lion’s Share of Overseas Air Travel

Realizing the potential of travel coming to and from India, airlines in the country are also making sure that they create enough capacity to match the demand.

Amrita Ghosh | 7 months ago

Skift India Daily: Indian Carriers Grab a Lion’s Share of Overseas Air Travel

Tourism

Medical Tourism Struggles to Recover as Travelers Spend Cautiously

The continuing cost-of-living crisis is now adversely affecting the medical tourism industry. After all, if it's a toss-up between getting a hair transplant or paying the gas bill, the choice is fairly simple.

Joanna Plucinska, Reuters | 7 months ago

Medical Tourism Struggles to Recover as Travelers Spend Cautiously

Tourism

Relaxed Rules on Medicinal Marijuana Could Create a Buzz for Thailand Tourism

Southeast Asia’s biggest changes toward cannabis liberalization continue to unfold in Thailand. Some speculate boom times are ahead for Thailand tourism with medical cannabis now legal. But don't expect ailing patients to flock there for cannabis treatments anytime soon.

Yixin Ng, Skift | 4 years ago

Relaxed Rules on Medicinal Marijuana Could Create a Buzz for Thailand Tourism

Tourism

Medical Tourism Emerges as a Bright Spot for Flagging Dubai

Dubai has faced a slump in recent years as it struggled amid a global economic slowdown, an oversupplied real estate sector, and slow tourism activity due to regional unrest. But its ability to build a reputation for itself as a medical tourism hub in the Middle East has provided some much-needed support for its travel sector.

Reem Abdellatif, Skift | 4 years ago

Medical Tourism Emerges as a Bright Spot for Flagging Dubai

Tourism

Medical Tourism Is Big Business But Still an Emerging Market

As more tourists go abroad for medical treatments there's still disconnect in the travel industry with how to accommodate travelers' times getting treatment and the rest of their in-destination experiences.

Dan Peltier, Skift | 7 years ago

Medical Tourism Is Big Business But Still an Emerging Market