18-Aug-17 More people from Kurdistan are turning to Iran for treatment or diagnosis. Medical tourism in Iran was up nearly 700% from 2012 to 2015, to 200,000 patients, and is hoped to rise to 500k in future. [image: Ozan Kose / AFP]

16-Aug-17 The Indian city of Amaravati will be home to the headquarters of the Indo UK Institute of Health. The proposal to set up 11 UK Indo institutes for Health involves an investment of INR17,600 crore (USD 2.7 bn). [image: The Indian Express]

15-Aug-17 As Turkey continues to grow as a destination for medical tourists and attracts patients from around the world, it is estimated that the expenditure of those who come for treatment is 10x higher than those who come on vacation. [image: Daily Sabah Tourism]

03-Aug-17 Health tourism is seen as an industry which boosts Malaysia's economy, with more than 900,000 medical tourists arriving in 2016 and most of them coming from Indonesia, Bangladesh, India, Myanmar, Vietnam, Middle Eastern countries, Australia, China and Japan. [image: Astro Awani]

01-Aug-17 Thai hospitals expect to generate THB49 bn (USD1.5 bn) in 2017 from international medical travelers, an increase of 4%. A drop in visitors from the Middle East will be more than offset by visitors from Southeast Asia. [image: TTR Weekly]