03-Aug-17 Health tourism is seen as an industry which boosts Malaysia's economy, with more than 900,000 medical tourists arriving in 2016 and most of them coming from Indonesia, Bangladesh, India, Myanmar, Vietnam, Middle Eastern countries, Australia, China and Japan. [image: Astro Awani]

01-Aug-17 Thai hospitals expect to generate THB49 bn (USD1.5 bn) in 2017 from international medical travelers, an increase of 4%. A drop in visitors from the Middle East will be more than offset by visitors from Southeast Asia. [image: TTR Weekly]

29-Jul-17 Dubai witnessed 326,649 international patients in 2016, up 9.5% from 2015. Plans are underway to strengthen its position in the healthcare sector through targeted marketing to China, Russia and Africa medical tourists. [image: Trade Arabia]

26-Jun-17 The wellness tourism market in the UAE is leading regional peers, with one in seven tourism dollars tied to a trip with a wellness component. Within that, spas and relaxation are growing most actively. [image: Beauty World Middle East]

11-Jun-17 There are many factors driving change in medical tourism from the Gulf. And there are some worrying trends for London hospitals and clinics that rely on income from high value medical treatment funded by governments or employers. [image: Private Healthcare UK}