Medical tourism set to keep on growing


PETALING JAYA: The medical tourism industry is expected to continue growing, with a projected annual revenue of RM2bil in 2025.

Malaysia Healthcare Travel Council chief executive officer Mohd Daud Mohd Arif said the medical tourism industry in 2019 raked in RM1.7bil in hospital receipts alone, and with the spillover effects into other industries, contributed an estimated RM7bil to the economy.

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