Key drivers of medical tourism in Malaysia / Suseela Devi Chandran ... [et al.]

Globalization has transformed medical tourism into a booming revenue generating industry in many Southeast Asian (SEA) countries. One of the sub-sectors of tourism that contributed significantly towards their economic development was medical tourism. Medical tourism has attracted medical tourists fr...

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Main Authors: Chandran, Suseela Devi, Puteh, Fadilah, Zianuddin, Azizan, Azmi, Nur Alia
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Language:English
Published: Universiti Teknologi MARA Selangor and UiTM Press 2018
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Online Access:https://ir.uitm.edu.my/id/eprint/29270/
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author Chandran, Suseela Devi
Puteh, Fadilah
Zianuddin, Azizan
Azmi, Nur Alia
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Puteh, Fadilah
Zianuddin, Azizan
Azmi, Nur Alia
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description Globalization has transformed medical tourism into a booming revenue generating industry in many Southeast Asian (SEA) countries. One of the sub-sectors of tourism that contributed significantly towards their economic development was medical tourism. Medical tourism has attracted medical tourists from other parts of the world to the SEA region seeking medical attention and care. Among the SEA countries that are sought after for medical tourism in Malaysia. Medical tourism is rapidly expanding niche area and Malaysia has successfully claimed its position as one of the most preferred medical tourism destinations. The country has now emerged as the 3rd preferred medical tourism destination among SEA nations that offers competitive medical care and facilities. Thus, the objective of this paper is to examine the key drivers behind the impressive landscape of medical tourism development in Malaysia. This paper offers a discussion on the development of medical tourism in Malaysia based on the globalization theory that underpins this study. How globalization acts as a catalyst towards the development of medical tourism in Malaysia is also discussed in this paper.
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spelling uitm-292702020-04-08T03:03:23Z https://ir.uitm.edu.my/id/eprint/29270/ Key drivers of medical tourism in Malaysia / Suseela Devi Chandran ... [et al.] jthca Chandran, Suseela Devi Puteh, Fadilah Zianuddin, Azizan Azmi, Nur Alia Practice of medicine. Medical practice economics Medical care Globalization has transformed medical tourism into a booming revenue generating industry in many Southeast Asian (SEA) countries. One of the sub-sectors of tourism that contributed significantly towards their economic development was medical tourism. Medical tourism has attracted medical tourists from other parts of the world to the SEA region seeking medical attention and care. Among the SEA countries that are sought after for medical tourism in Malaysia. Medical tourism is rapidly expanding niche area and Malaysia has successfully claimed its position as one of the most preferred medical tourism destinations. The country has now emerged as the 3rd preferred medical tourism destination among SEA nations that offers competitive medical care and facilities. Thus, the objective of this paper is to examine the key drivers behind the impressive landscape of medical tourism development in Malaysia. This paper offers a discussion on the development of medical tourism in Malaysia based on the globalization theory that underpins this study. How globalization acts as a catalyst towards the development of medical tourism in Malaysia is also discussed in this paper. Universiti Teknologi MARA Selangor and UiTM Press 2018-06-29 Article PeerReviewed text en https://ir.uitm.edu.my/id/eprint/29270/1/AJ_SUSEELA%20DEVI%20CHANDRAN%20JTHCA%20B%2018.pdf Chandran, Suseela Devi and Puteh, Fadilah and Zianuddin, Azizan and Azmi, Nur Alia (2018) Key drivers of medical tourism in Malaysia / Suseela Devi Chandran ... [et al.]. (2018) Journal of Tourism, Hospitality & Culinary Arts (JTHCA) <https://ir.uitm.edu.my/view/publication/Journal_of_Tourism,_Hospitality_=26_Culinary_Arts_=28JTHCA=29.html>, 10 (1). pp. 1-12. ISSN 1985-8914 ; 2590-3837 https://www.jthca.org/
spellingShingle Practice of medicine. Medical practice economics
Medical care
Chandran, Suseela Devi
Puteh, Fadilah
Zianuddin, Azizan
Azmi, Nur Alia
Key drivers of medical tourism in Malaysia / Suseela Devi Chandran ... [et al.]
title Key drivers of medical tourism in Malaysia / Suseela Devi Chandran ... [et al.]
title_full Key drivers of medical tourism in Malaysia / Suseela Devi Chandran ... [et al.]
title_fullStr Key drivers of medical tourism in Malaysia / Suseela Devi Chandran ... [et al.]
title_full_unstemmed Key drivers of medical tourism in Malaysia / Suseela Devi Chandran ... [et al.]
title_short Key drivers of medical tourism in Malaysia / Suseela Devi Chandran ... [et al.]
title_sort key drivers of medical tourism in malaysia / suseela devi chandran ... [et al.]
topic Practice of medicine. Medical practice economics
Medical care
url https://ir.uitm.edu.my/id/eprint/29270/
https://ir.uitm.edu.my/id/eprint/29270/