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Chris Pochiba is a social media influencer who traveled to South Korea for laser eye surgery in 2022. His wife, Sara Aho, explained why they chose South Korea, instead of other destinations. The Covid-19 pandemic, however, halted international travel — and, by extension, patient inflows — disrupting what was at the time a booming industry worth more than $70 billion. "We came back with less people, made more revenue than 2019, last year of 2022," Paul McTaggart, CEO and founder of medical travel agency Medical Departures, told CNBC. Paul added: "As you're seeing inflation at the pump, at the grocery store, you're also seeing it at the hospital.
Persons: Chris Pochiba, influencer, Sara Aho, Aho, Paul McTaggart, Paul, we've Organizations: CNBC Locations: Turkey, Switzerland, South Korea, Korea, Mexico, Costa Rica, India, Thailand
This January, much of Pakistan's population of nearly 230 million people plunged into darkness, bringing widespread disruption to people and industries for almost 24 hours. But the problem is not energy supply. "Both outages were caused because there were fluctuations on the transmission lines, which have not been updated for quite some time." In 2020, nearly 20 percent of Pakistan's energy was simply lost during transmission, distribution and delivery. Pakistan's energy problems are having a cascading effect on the country's economy, which is on the verge of collapse.
Is the bubble bursting for tech workers?
  + stars: | 2023-01-30 | by ( Emaad Akhtar | ) www.cnbc.com   time to read: +1 min
This increasing dependency has led to massive growth in the tech sector and, with it, a proliferation of high paying jobs. "The Big Tech companies will continue to pay what they used to pay – they always pay a lot," he added. "I suspect the growth in the median pay will either stagnate or may even drop a little bit." So, is the bubble bursting for tech workers? Watch the video above to find out more.
Money can buy many things — a tasty meal, a nice car, a luxurious home. But what about a long-term stay as a digital nomad on the beautiful Indonesian resort island of Bali? Well, for people with $130,000 to spare in their bank account, that could become a reality too. As of June 2022, more than 25 countries and territories had issued digital nomad visas to draw remote workers, whose number has increased since the pandemic started. Watch the video above to learn how this visa stacks up against the ones issued by other countries, and to learn about the difficulties policymakers face in making it a success.
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