Brussels, 17th March 2021. The European Tourism Manifesto alliance, a group of more than 60 public and private travel and tourism organisations and the voice of the sector in Europe, strongly welcomes the European Commission’s proposal to introduce a common, interoperable and mutually-recognised Digital Green Certificate. This digital proof that a person has been vaccinated against COVID-19, has…
An interview with Sherif Hassan, MD that has been published on the Croatian tourism portal Turizmoteka.hr A well-deserved award for a country that has Hvar as the birthplace of European medical Tourism in 1868. So, stating that Croatia is a newcomer to the Health Tourism arena is a Myth. At the occasion of the new award to the…
Medical spas in Europe were the first to offer corona recovery concepts, and the current situation has given top priority to balneology and SPA medicine. At ITB Now, the world’s leading tourism trade fair during the Medical Tourism Convention, the European Spas Association gave insights into the adapted strategy in European medical spas and climatic…
As part of the ITB Convention at ITB Berlin NOW 2021, the organizational partner HTI offered a roundtable on the Future of Medical Tourism, held on 10 March 2021. It gathered medical travel professionals with expertise in diverse backgrounds and global destinations: wellness hotels, travel agencies, clinics, facilitation services, and angel funding. The panelists were…
Medical Travel is more live than ever – this could be the wrap-up of the four ITB days! For the first time in its history, the world largest and most prestigious tourism show ITB Berlin offered its virtual edition ITB Berlin NOW 2021 from 9 to 12 March! It has been a week full of…
Interested in the future of Medical Tourism and learning about the winner of the first ITB Medical Tourism Award? If you already have a ticket for the ITB NOW 2021, you are welcome to join the ITB Medical Conference on Wednesday, 10 March, from 13:00h to 16:00h. If you don’t have it yet, you can…
Health travel in China has been rising in popularity for the last years. Nevertheless, there are a few details you need to learn about the Chinese people to understand why they travel abroad seeking medical assistance. One factor is the infrastructure – the Chinese are perfectly capable of building up a completely new and functional…
Health travel in China seems to be growing a lot, but many countries still struggle with getting Chinese patients. Where are they? Chinese patients “hide” in our health insurance system, that is, the social health care system. China’s social health care system has three levels of funding: The bottom level – funded by urban-rural medical…
Brussels, 25 February 2021. The European Tourism Manifesto alliance, a group of more than 60 public and private travel and tourism organisations and the voice of the sector in Europe, today unveiled a series of joint recommendations for EU Member States on how to relaunch travel and tourism in Europe in time for summer 2021.…