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Romania Planning Balneary and Medical Tourism Conference

2012-03-14 by Aleksandr Shatskih

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Romania is to team up with the World Tourism Organization (WTO) in order to boost its travel credentials, staging a unique International Conference on Balneary and Health Care Tourism in the country.

Tags: balneary tourism, Cristian Petrescu, healthcare tourism, medical tourism, mineral baths, natural treatments, romania, Taleb Rifai, thermal water baths, WTO

Indian Medical Tourism Will Not Stop Growing

2011-05-09 by Aleksandr Shatskih

Third world healthcare costs can be as low as 25% of the price for similar treatments in first world countries

Indian medical tourism is set to continue growing, despite efforts by the US government to curb the number of Americans travelling to the third world to find affordable healthcare. Talking to reporters at a press conference last weekend, the chief vascular and cardiothoracic surgeon at the Fortis Group Hospitals in India, Dr. Vivek Javali, revealed […]

Tags: affordable healthcare, Dr. vivek javali, Fortis Group Hospitals, healthcare tourism, indian medical tourism, indian tourism, medical tourism, medical tourism sector, US government, Vivek Javali

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