MALAYSIA - Medical Tourism shows promising future

PressZoom, 23 january 2007

Signs of continuous growth are being shown by the Malaysian medical tourism industry for the last couple of years. And, this was apparent with a 10% growth in the number of foreigners seeking medical treatment in the country during 2004-2005. Teng Chang Yeow – Chairman of State Tourism Development & Environment Committee, made this information public. Although foreign patients have been flocking towards Malaysia since 1997, but official recording of the figures was started only two years ago. About 110,000 foreigners were reported to have been seeking treatment in the country during the year 2006 alone, whereas the number was 100,000 in previous year ( 2005 ). This puts Malaysia ahead of Kota Kinabalu and Kuala Lumpur as most preferred destinations for medical tourism across the globe, added Yeow.

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