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PHILIPPINES: International marketing programmes needed to fulfil medical tourism

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The Philippines earned a total of US$1.3 billion from healthcare and wellness services from overseas foreign tourists and balikbayans (expatriate Filipinos) who visited the country in the five-ye

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Philippines to use medical tourism to attract 1M retirees a year

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Schumacher said growth in the number of medical tourists/retirees in the Philippines would generate economic activity in other industries.

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Asia Cashing in on Medical Tourism

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“Medical tourism is the travel of individuals from a home country like the US, Britain, even Singapore, Thailand in the region to a destination for the primary purpose of seeking medical ca

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Century Property enters medical tourism

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REAL estate developer Century Properties, Inc., has broken ground for its planned medical tourism venture, which at the initial stage of development will hire an estimated 3,000 workers.

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Philippines to offer medical tourist visas

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The Philippines said Tuesday it would introduce special medical visas for foreigners, as the country seeks to grab a bigger share of Asia's booming health tourism industry.

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Universal healthcare to help reduce inequities in health : Phillipines

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While the Philippines continues to promote itself as a medical tourism hub, it is sad to note that 60 percent of Filipinos who succumb to sickness die because quality healthcare remains elusive to

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Century, GE to build medical building : Medical Tourism targeted

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The 30-storey medical building, which will have doctors’ clinics, minor surgery facilities, and “post-recovery” suites, will rise inside a one-hectare IT park at the 3.4-hectare C

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$100M medical facility to rise in Makati

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GE expressed optimism and confidence in the Philippines and its growing medical tourism industry.

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Philippine travel sector to grow despite fallout from hostage crisis: official

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MANILA, Sept. 13 (Xinhua) -- Philippine tour operators are confident that the country's travel industry will continue to grow despite the negative publicity generated by the Aug.

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