Even the next administration will continue to gain from the growing medical tourism industry which is expected to become a $ 3-billion industry by 2015.
This was pointed out by National Economic Development Authority (NEDA) Director Dennis Arroyo during the press briefing that followed the joint NEDA-Cabinet meeting held this morning in Malacanang.
Arroyo said that around 200,000 foreign patients are expected to come to the Philippines every year which would tremendously help boost tourism into a $ 3-billion industry by 2015.
In 2006, President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo started promoting the Philippines as a medical tourism and retirement haven with the issuance of Executive Order 372 which aims to develop the Philippines communication industry, logistics and health and wellness. FULL STORY
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