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1. Medical Tourism Market Report
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2015
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2. Executive Summary
Medical tourism is a high-growth industry driven by globalization and rising healthcare costs in developed countries. However, people prefer
traveling to developing countries for treatments in order to save cost. More than forty countries in Asia, America, Africa and Eastern Europe are
serving millions of medical tourists annually. International medical service providers are in continuous race to get accreditation from Joint
Commission International (JCI).
Thailand, Singapore, Malaysia and India are the major destinations in the Asian medical tourism market. Thailand is more popular among Western
European medical tourists for cosmetic surgery. Singapore and India specialize in complex procedures with India having a cost advantage and
Singapore a technology advantage. The most common categories of procedures that people pursue during medical tourism trips are cosmetic
surgery, dentistry, cardiology (cardiac surgery), and orthopedic surgery.
The healthcare industry in Thailand has seen rapid growth in recent years, ahead of the country's GDP. In Thailand, medical costs are lower than in
Singapore and also, it is a much more popular tourist destination. In this regard it is providing medical services, latest medical technology,
medicines, and is further strengthening modern medicine, alternative medicine and biotechnology.
The Malaysian government is aggressively promoting medical tourism. Through its Ministry of Tourism, Malaysia oversees tourism policies and
tourism-related activities to realize its vision of making Malaysia an international tourism destination.
Indian government is aggressively promoting India as a global healthcare destination. It has also started giving affiliation to the companies working
in healthcare sector. Being one of the lowest cost and highest quality of all medical tourism destinations, it offers wide variety of procedures at about
one-tenth the cost of similar procedures in the US.
The Korean government is promoting the nation's growing medical tourism industry and is actively taking initiatives that are mainly geared to
introduce the services and facilities of Korean hospitals to overseas expositions. However, Korea has yet to increase its standing among other Asian
nations.
This report gives an overview of the medical tourism industry with focus on Asia. It discusses the major medical tourist destinations like Singapore,
Thailand, Malaysia and India, South Korea and Turkey and their respective competitive advantages. The major healthcare organizations in Asia are
also profiled in the later part of the report.
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3. Medical tourism, medical travel or health tourism is the process of planning a trip to another country, or a
city with regards to procedures and treatments.
 The global medical tourism market is growing fast, from
US$... billion in 2010 to US$.. billion in 2012 and is
estimated to reach US$... billion in 2015.
 Medical tourism is tremendously increasing in Asia with
approximately … million medical tourists arriving in the
region in 2014.
 The Asian medical tourism market is expected to expand at
a CAGR of nearly …% to reach approximately US$... billion
by 2017 from US$... billion in 2014.
 Thailand, India, and Singapore are expected to control
more than …% market share of medical tourism market in
Asia in 2015.
Asian Medical Tourism Market (2013-2017E)
Global Medical Tourism Market Size (2004-2015E)
Number of Medical Tourists in Asia (2009-2015E)
US$BillionUS$Billion
Millions

4. The global demand for low-cost, sophisticated medical treatment has driven opportunities in the medical
tourism market…
 In 2014, medical tourism in Thailand generated approximately US$...
billion of revenue as compared to US$...billion in 2013.
 In 2014, nearly … medical tourists visited Thailand which accounts for
about ..% of the country’s total annual visitors and makes Thailand the
world’s most visited medical tourism destination.
 In 2014, approximately US$...million were spent in Singapore by
foreigners on medical goods and services
 It is estimated that Malaysia has received … medical tourists in 2014 .
 The healthcare tourism in Malaysia contributed US$.. million in 2013 to
its economy, in terms of revenue and this figure is estimated to have
reached US$...million in 2014.
Medical Tourism Market Size, Singapore (2007-2014)
Medical Tourism Market Size, Thailand (2010-2014)
Medical Tourism Market Size, Malaysia (2007-2014)
US$Billion
US$Million
US$Millions

5. Asia is one of the first regions in the world to promote medical tourism and has created a brand name for
itself for having affordable and high quality healthcare…
 The medical tourism market in India stood at US$1,100 million in
2013 and is estimated to touch US$... million by 2014, witnessing
a growth of …%.
 The inflow of medical tourists in India is likely to cross …. by the
end of 2014 from …. in 2013, due to the availability of world class
medical treatment at a fraction of the cost.
 Korea’s medical tourism market has grown from nearly US$...
million in 2012 to US$... million in 2013, displaying a growth of
…%.
 The number of medical tourists in Korea jumped from …. in 2009
to … in 2012 and this number is estimated to have further surged
to …. in 2013.
 The medical tourism market in Turkey stood at nearly US$....
million in 2012 and is estimated to have increased ….%, to
approximately US$...million in 2013.
Medical Tourism Market Size, Korea (2009-2020E)
Medical Tourism Market Size, India (2006-2015E)
Medical Tourism Market Size, Turkey (2008-2014*)
US$Million
US$Million
US$Million

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