THAILAND - Healthy progress in medical tourism

TTGasia.com, Sep 7 - 13, 2007

MORE than 10 private hospitals in Bangkok are vying for foreign patients, which according to Thailand’s Ministry of Public Health (MPH), have amounted to more than one million patients per year since 2005.
Kasikorn Research Centre said foreign patients who sought medical treatments in Thailand spent an average of 25,800 baht (US$880) per person per trip in 2005. Meanwhile, MPH expected revenue from medical services for foreign patients to reach 32.89 billion baht this year, and would subsequently reach 39.83 billion baht next year.
According to the Tourism Authority of Thailand, the main sources of medical tourists were the Middle East, South Asia, the US, Europe, Australia and Indochina.

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