Sri Lanka: Medical tourism profile
Overview
Inbound medical tourism 2019 | Under 500 |
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Tourists 2019 | 1.91 million |
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Population 2021 | 21.5 million |
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Sri Lanka has 207 private hospitals and 181 medical centres. The Private Health Association includes the majority of Sri Lanka’s private hospitals, nursing homes and private healthcare providers as members.
Inbound
Medical tourism numbers in
A few hundred people is probable.
Outbound
Medical tourism numbers out
A few hundred.
Environment
Medical tourism promotion
The Sri Lankan domestic healthcare market may be growing but it is yet to have any impact in Asia or the global medical tourism stage. Sri Lanka has got huge potential to offer, both on medical treatment and leisure tourism at affordable prices, but has yet to create its presence and position on the map.
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Medical tourism news and opinion
- Medical travel: why we should stop focusing on increased numbers
Medical travel analyst Ian Youngman argues that medical tourism destinations need to stop concentrating on increased numbers. Mainstream tourism countries, including regions and cities in
- South Korea: malpractice review poses risks for medical travel sector
Health minister Cho Kyoo-hong is set to review measures to relieve the burden of medical professionals in South Korea, including possibly enacting a special law
- What exactly is Health Tourism?
Can you, and should you, promote your offering as a ‘wellness’ service? From a marketing point of view, the critical issue is the expectations of