The Malaysian Healthcare Journey Council (MHTC) will obtain an allocation of RM20mil to advertise the nation’s medical tourism sector internationally. The allocation is ready to strengthen Malaysia’s rank as one of many prime medical tourism locations within the area.
MHTC chief govt officer Mohd Daud Mohd Arif said that the allocation may even profit the restoration of the sector, in addition to the tourism trade on the whole.
“The healthcare tourism sector has proven burgeoning potential as a powerful financial contributor,” stated Mohd Daud in a press release.
“We intention for the healthcare journey sector to develop by RM800mil in income in 2022, additional supporting the secure reopening of our borders,” Mohd Daud added.
In 2019, the healthcare journey sector in Malaysia collected RM1.7bil in hospital receipts, with the spillover impact into different industries (together with air journey, lodging, meals and beverage) contributing an extra estimated RM7bil in financial influence.
Mohd Daud, in an earlier interview with The Star, stated that it is crucial for Malaysia to maintain being related within the trade. “It’s important that we keep ‘prime of thoughts’ for healthcare travellers with regards to our place because the world’s healthcare marvel,” he famous.
