Medical tourism is growing in Dubai, which is facilitating world-class facilities to emerge as recreational and medical hub foe needy tourists.
Medical tourism is anticipated to generate almost Dh7 billion yearly to UAE by 2010, stated a study done by information center of Abu Dhabi Chamber of commerce and Industry (ADCCI). The study projected that the country's medical tourism would rise by 15 per cent yearly, as per the news published on Gulf News.
Riyad Khalil Matar, General Manager of the ADCCI's information center said, "We're developing the health care sector, building new communities, hotels and resorts to make the country a favorite destination for medical tourism," in news published on English People.
The expansion of the Dubai Healthcare City (DHCC) in the United Arab Emirates (UAE) is expected to significantly influence the industry. Likely to be fully equipped by 2010, the hi-tech DHCC resolves to be a main attraction for affluent patients in the wider Middle East region, several of whom tour to Germany and further places for complex medical procedures.
Moreover, the extensive waiting time and in excess of capacity burdened health care structure in western countries works as an inspiration for medical tourists. People going to Dubai for healthcare tourism benefit from approximately no waiting time and receives without delay treatment from the finest quality doctors.
With industry projected to keep on growing in the predictable future there is bound to be a better demonstration of aggressive advertising by these countries in an attempt to draw more patients to their shoreline.
Worldwide revenues of medical tourism surpassed 56 billion dollars in 2006. The UAE government is spending over $2 billion yearly on medicine exterior to country, plus the annual expenses of UAE nationals themselves on the medicine.
As per a research analyst at RNCOS, “With almost five-million tourists annually already assembling to Dubai to watch golden sands there and enjoy deluxe standard of living, the UAE (United-Arab-Emirates) seeks to develop into a medical tourism hub, an upcoming, multi-billion-dollar industry wherein visitors merge health care treatment and restorative reside at tourist resorts”.
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