Thailand's health tourism keeps growing
17-Jun-15, Bernama
Thailand's Board of Trade reports that the country's health tourism has kept growing, predicting that the Thai health care business would grow by 15-20 per cent this year, Thai News Agency (TNA) reported.
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It said on Wednesday that the country's health tourism has steadily generated national income, amounting to 140 billion baht in 2014 alone, a 18 per cent year-on-year growth, comprising of 70 billion baht from private hospitals, 20 billion baht from health promotion business and 50 billion baht from health-related vacation.
The board projected that the Thai health care industry would expand further by 15-20 per cent this year and nearly two million foreigners were expected to arrive for medical treatment annually.