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Egypt’s Ministry of Health and Population is targeting an annual revenue of $11.5 billion, or 10% of the global medical tourism revenues, the ministry’s spokesman Hossam Abdel Ghaffar has revealed. Ghaffar also disclosed to Al Arabiya that the North African country intends to launch an electronic platform to provide tourism services within 3 months. The […]
Egyptian Aviation Company and the Arab Investors Union have penned an agreement to promote therapeutic tourism in Egypt through Arab-African cooperation, the Egyptian Ministry of Civil Aviation has revealed in a statement. The deal, signed by Yahya Zakaria, Chairman of the Board of Directors of the Egyptian Aviation Company and Huda Yassi, President of the […]
Tunisia has ranked the fourth favorite destination for French tourists globally, French tourism media Echo touristique has reported. The ranking, based on May data, remained the same for the third time in a row. Echo touristique reports a 54 per cent increase in the number of French tourists in May this year compared with May […]
Medical tourism generates around $330 million for Tunisia every year and positions the country as the second destination in the world right after France, Webdo Tunis reports, citing the country’s tourism authority (ONTT). ONTT also revealed that 550,000 tourists visit Tunisia every year and the average spending per patient is $3,000 per week. The medical […]
Despite the unrest rocking several Arab countries, many foreign tourists are still heading to North Africa not only for holidays but also for plastic surgery which has become a big business namely in Tunisia, Egypt and Morocco. The pyramids of ancient Egypt, the antiquities & beaches of Tunisia and the mystical city Marrakesh (Morocco) are […]