More needs to be done to boost medical tourism, says Lee


xxxxxxxxx: Lee trying out boxing equipment with physiotherapist Derek Kung Jun Kit after the launch. Looking on in the background is Your Physio’s managing director Joshua Tan .

KUALA LUMPUR: More efforts will be put into spurring the nation’s medical tourism industry to achieve its target of RM4.2bil in revenue by the year 2020.

Deputy Finance Minister Datuk Lee Chee Leong said the nation was strategically located in the Asean region to tap the growing number of travellers seeking quality healthcare treatment.

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