Seeing the Doctor, Overseas: Medical Tourism Booms in Asia

December 26, 2014

(Economic Times) – US-based industry resource Patients Beyond Borders estimates the world market is expanding by 25 per cent per year – it reached $ 55 billion with 11 million medical tourists in 2013. Increasingly, major Asian players like India, Malaysia, Singapore and Thailand are aggressively promoting treatments at up to 80 per cent savings compared to developed nations, with some companies arranging package trips that combine a nose job with a little beach time.