KUALA LUMPUR: Health tourism is projected to generate over RM2.2bil in revenue by 2010, said KPJ Healthcare Bhd group adviser (medical services development and marketing) Datuk Dr K. Kulaveerasingam.
Health tourists spend on average four times more than recreational tourists and it is the fastest growing segment in the tourism industry, he told reporters after presenting a paper on Investment in Malaysian Healthcare and Health Tourism at the 17th National Real Estate Convention 2006 yesterday.