A team of senior doctors from the Bangkok Hospital, Phuket, heralded a new chapter for tourism to Thailand, as they are planning to market their services in Britain, with support from the…
A team of senior doctors from the Bangkok Hospital, Phuket, heralded a new chapter for tourism to Thailand, as they are planning to market their services in Britain, with support from the Tourism Authority of Thailand (TAT).
Medical tourism remains a niche market in the UK, but is steadily growing as British citizens discover significant cost-savings for treatments taken overseas. Bangkok Hospital, Phuket, plans an initial focus on the most popular of these – plastic surgery and dental treatments, with a view to expanding procedures according to demand.
With a highly skilled team of surgeons, most having overseas qualifications, Bangkok Hospital Phuket will welcome visitors requiring treatments ranging from facelifts, liposuction and nose augmentation to extensive dental work.
Khun Tanes Petsuwan, Director, TAT London said, Medical tourism in Phuket will help the island attract more UK tourists and capture what is an emerging niche travel market. Over 714,489 British and Irish tourists visited Thailand last year, and visits by those seeking quality medical procedures could add significantly to that figure.
