JEDDAH – Saudi Arabia’s medical tourism has tremendous potentials though much have to be done to promote it, Ziyad Ahmad Bin Mahfouz, president – Elaf Group, a leader in travel and tourism industry, said.
Korea has been a popular destination for patients from Asian countries, but its expertise in medical tourism has so far been underappreciated in other parts of the world, particularly the Middle East.
BANGKOK – Many think Bangkok’s Bumrungrad Hospital invented medical tourism, but medical tourism didn’t invent Bumrungrad. The 1997-98 Asian economic crisis put Bumrungrad’s finances on the critical list and prompted its turn from local to international patients. Now the current recession has given Bumrungrad an opportunity to shore up the local foundation for its international business.