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Showcasing TN as health tourism destination

Posted on April 13, 2013

Chennai – TamilNadu, India : Availability of quality and affordable healthcare services has put Tamil Nadu in third spot in drawing overseas patients to the country, next to Delhi and Mumbai. The State’s potential as health tourism destination will be … Continue reading →

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DILMUNIA AT BAHRAIN – Bahrain aims to become world-class health tourism destination

Posted on April 12, 2013 | Comments Off on DILMUNIA AT BAHRAIN – Bahrain aims to become world-class health tourism destination
Dilmunia at Bahrain / Image via globalvillagedirectory.info
Dilmunia at Bahrain / Image via globalvillagedirectory.info

MANAMA, Bahrain :

Bahrain has taken a giant step towards becoming a world-class health tourism destination, with Dilmunia at Bahrain, the developer’s top official has said.

“This milestone has significant and far-reaching implications for Bahrain,” Ithmaar Development Company (IDC) chief executive and board member Mohammed Khalil Alsayed told the GDN on the sidelines of the groundbreaking ceremony of the project.

“It will, for example, help create potentially thousands of new jobs both directly and indirectly, bolstering the kingdom’s key construction, real estate and tourism industries.

“This, in turn, helps attract millions of dollars in investment and contributes to further boosting the national economy,” he said.

“The project has been delayed by around one year due to the unrest and a challenging economic environment.

“However, with the continuous support of the government, the project is now taking a major step forward and is fast transforming from a bold, ambitious vision into a tangible reality,” he added.

The chief executive said the first residential development in Dilmunia would come up off the north-western edge of the island.

“To be launched as SeaVilla@Dilmunia, this will be a luxury sea-front development of 34 villas in a secluded part of this island.

“As this is the first residential retail product being offered, the promoters have determined to price it most competitively.

“We would like to expeditiously forge ahead with the works, and progress to the next phase of the development.

“We expect that end-users will get the keys to their units by mid-2015,” he said.

“In the current economic context, while master-planning the island, we considered the new market dynamics in a changed economic environment and have introduced smaller plot sizes in some parts of the island in order to offer these for retail sale,” he added.

“This is one of the approaches we adopted to attract greater interest at the retail level, in addition to the developers’ target market we have, for large plots of land.

He expressed hope that the development would positively impact market sentiments and generate further interest amongst investors and buyers.

“There is already an improvement in real estate market activity in Bahrain over the last few months.

“This return of market confidence is despite the events of the last two years,” he said.

“Seen with the January 2013 revision by Standard and Poor’s of Bahrain’s sovereign rating outlook to stable from negative, and a reaffirmation of its credit rating, this is indeed a testament to how, we as a nation are addressing our political and economic issues in a mature way,” Mr Alsayed added.

source: http://www.eturbonews.com / etn Global Travel Industry News / Manama, Bahrain, April 05th, 2013

Source: gulf-daily-news.com

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Iran earned $1.5bn from health tourism last year

Posted on April 11, 2013 | Comments Off on Iran earned $1.5bn from health tourism last year

Rasht, Gilan Prov. :

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Deputy Head of the Cultural Heritage, Handicrafts and Tourism organisation Manouchehr Jahanian said here on tuesday that Iran hosted 200,000 health tourists last year. 

Addressing a ceremony to open Qaem Hospital in the northern city of Rasht on Tuesday, Jahanian said the countryˈs income from health tourism stood at $1.5 billion.

He said the tourists were from Azerbaijan, Turkmenistan, Iraq, Turkey, India and Pakistan.

He added that last year, more than 4.5 million foreign tourists spent nine billion dollars in Iran creating jobs for 2.5 million people directly or indirectly.

He noted that enjoying diversified climates as well as numerous tourist and historical attractions are among advantages of Iranˈs tourism sector.

source: http://www.irna.ir / Islamic Republic News Agency (IRNA) / Home> Latest News / April 09th, 2013

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China’s Tropical Island Plans Medical Tourism Zone

Posted on April 10, 2013 | Comments Off on China’s Tropical Island Plans Medical Tourism Zone

The island province of Hainan has published a plan to build China’s first special zone for medical tourism, an official said on Saturday at the Boao Forum for Asia.

Under the plan, the Boao Lecheng International Medical Travel Zone will be located near Qionghai City and Boao Town, covering an area of about 20 square km, said Zhu Huayou, vice head of Hainan’s development and reform commission.

The southern part of the zone will feature health care centers for the elderly, patients with chronic disease and those in poor health, while the northern part will focus on medical treatment and research, Zhu said.

Medical tourism, which combines travel with leisure and healthcare, is already popular in some Asian countries like Singapore and India, and it is likely to boom in China thanks to rising living standards.

The zone in Hainan will make use of traditional Chinese medicine, the local tropical climate and world-class medical institutions the island aims to introduce, according to Zhu.

The official said that overseas medical institutions will be allowed to set up business within the zone. Other preferential policies will include lower taxes for imported medical instruments and medicines, and frontier medical programs like stem cell research will be allowed.

Construction of the zone is likely to cost up to 100 billion yuan (roughly 16 billion U.S. dollars).

The tropical island province, with its sun, sea and sand, is striving to build itself into an internationally famed travel destination.

According to the provincial statistics bureau, visitors to the island exceeded 33 million in 2012, with travel revenues hitting 37.9 billion yuan.

source: http://www.english.cri.com / CRI English.com / Home / Xinhua / Web editor: Mao Yaqing / April 06th, 2013

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Technology, sustainability, health and wellness tourism emerge as top hotel trends for 2013

Posted on April 9, 2013 | Comments Off on Technology, sustainability, health and wellness tourism emerge as top hotel trends for 2013

 In a newly released report, global trends for the hotel industry showed environmental initiatives to be the most salient emerging trend in 2013.

Technology followed, with social media and Health and Wellness gaining a fair amount of attention.

The reigning ‘Environmentally-friendly’ trend, in conjunction with rising sustainable travel interests among tourists, continues to drive the reduction of environmental impact, promotion of sustainable business practices and green products and services offerings.

The use of eco-friendly cleaning products with an emphasis on locally sourced food and reduced environmental footprint is considered a key sustainability measure by both respondent categories.

Low-flow water systems and the adoption of renewable energy for Asia-Pacific and energy-related staff education for global respondents, were identified as the key measures to be implemented in 2013. For senior level respondents, credentials and reputation surfaced as the key objectives with a focus on online presence.

According to Timetric’s report, 35 per cent of respondent segments indicate that they may save less than 5 per cent of total organisational expenditure over the next 12 months ensuing to the implementation of sustainability measures. The regional analysis of cost-saving targets reveals that 59 per cent of respondents from companies primarily operating in Asia-Pacific expect to save 5–10 per cent of their organisational expenditure.

Timetric’s report demonstrated that 35 per cent of luxury respondents expect expenditure increase to be 3–10 per cent. Wi-Fi technology, online reservations, and high-speed internet access being the primary technological facilities provided to customers by luxury hotels.

Correspondingly, flat-screen televisions, Wi-Fi technology, and online reservation are the key technological facilities expected by customers in luxury hotels. In addition to technology, investment on social media and networking sites, mobile, and online portals are expected to increase amply.

In total, 65 per cent of luxury hotels and 32 per cent of other hotels expect health and wellness tourist volumes to grow in 2013. Respondents have already implemented items on their menus to meet the needs of health and wellness tourists. Gymnasiums and swimming pools are considered the key facilities offered by hotels, while free access to health and fitness facilities is a key complimentary facility.

Timetric is a leading provider of online data, analysis and advisory services on key financial and industry sectors.

source: http://www.hotelview.net / Home> Hotel News / April 04th, 2013

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