Thailand

With Thailand Shut Down, Is Commercial Surrogacy Tourism Dead?

Posted by Julie Munro on September 29, 2014   |   No Comments

surrogate babies(Commercial Surrogacy Tourism, part 1)

1,000 babies are born annually in Thailand to surrogates on behalf of foreign couples and individuals.

Worldwide, an estimated 6,000 babies were born last year via commercial surrogacy tourism.

Yet seemingly overnight last month, police in Thailand shut down clinics, stopped parents with newborn infants from getting on flights out of the country, and sent some newborns off to orphanages.

Surrogacy services in Thailand have been available to all couples, foreign and domestic, gay or straight, and Read more…

Rating Medical Tourism Facilitators 5-Star To 1-Star

Posted by Julie Munro on June 1, 2014   |   No Comments

5-star ratingLemen International is a rare breed of medical tourism facilitator.

Lemen International’s multi-lingual staff, full time medical director, private health butlers, informative web site, thorough attention to the details of health management for their clients clearly and medical tourism certification set it apart from other facilitators anywhere in the world.

If there were a rating system for medical travel companies, Read more…

The New Economics Of Medical Tourism: A New Era

Posted by Julie Munro on May 25, 2012   |   11 Comments

New economics of medical tourism infographicHow much value does a medical tourist really get when going abroad for medical treatment?

What is the true cost of a hip transplant for a medical traveler? What is the going rate for a medical tourist’s breast augmentation? Should one travel to India or to Mexico to get the best savings from a coronary angioplasty? Read more…

Bangkok medical tourism troubles

Posted by Julie Munro on August 17, 2010   |   No Comments

Amazing Thailand discount shopping for medical tourismThe “Ah” has gone from “Amazing Thailand”. At least in medical tourism.

In the days immediately following the anti-government protests in Bangkok, social network users on the internet found it hard to restrain themselves from gloating over the apparent destruction of Thailand as a medical destination and the opportunities this may present to other countries.

A great deal now hinges on how the Thai government, specifically its tourism arm, Tourism Authority of Thailand (TAT), acts to promote Thailand as a medical tourism destination in the coming year.

Sustained and cohesive promotion efforts are not likely to happen soon, insiders agree. While TAT has been working on a medical tourism Read more…