18-Nov-15 According to the Malaysian Healthcare Travel Council, Malaysia attracted 880,000 medical tourists in 2014 and wants to boost these numbers by 10% in 2015 and eventually cross the 1 mn mark by 2016. The MHTC is now focusing more intensely on “halal health treatments” to entice medical travellers from Muslim countries, such as those in the Gulf Cooperation Council. [image: Global Health and Travel]

18Nov-15 Sri Lanka’s healthcare sector has experience an enormous boom in recent years and is fast becoming a global health destination offering some of the best medical treatments in the world. This is evident from the increasing percentage of foreign patients occupying beds in major city hospitals. Sri Lanka has a competitive advantage in its highly skilled and internationally trained doctors. [image: Mirror Business]

09-Oct-15 The Shanghai Medical Tourism Products & Promotions Platform is positioning the city for a mega-boom in medical tourism among mainlanders and foreigners alike, most notably in surgery, cosmetic procedures, TCM, dentistry and stem cell research. Shanghai may not have any beaches, but as its state-of-the-art public and private hospitals will soon become a major hub for health tourism. [image: Formosa Travel]

09-Oct-15 With a know-how already well in advance of its neighbors, Turkey’s health sector is now aiming to attract 2 million patients and earn incomes of $20 billion by the country’s centenary in 2023, according to Meri Istiroti, the president of the Turkey Health Tourism Development Council. [image: Hurriyet Daily News]

05-Oct-15 India's government is focusing on quality and easy visa processes to make India a global destination for healthcare, commerce secretary Rita Teaotia has said. She emphasised the need to focus on standards and accreditation of hospitals and laboratories to enhance confidence. 1.3 mn medical tourists visit India annually from the US, UK, Sri Lanka, Bangladesh, China and others. [image: The Times Of India]