Its acting chief executive officer Farizal Jaafar said this as medical tourists started returning to the country following the reopening of borders last April.
“It recorded RM1.3bil in revenue which is 76% of its pre-pandemic performance of RM1.7bil in 2019,” he said when contacted yesterday. Malaysian Private Hospitals Association president Datuk Dr Kuljit Singh said the sector brought in more than 10 million healthcare visitors over the past decade and had room for growth.
“We are looking at our services being promoted widely by the government so that it will not look like advertising,” he added.“There is growing competition from countries such as Thailand and Singapore with Indonesia now promoting its own medical tourism.Lam also said that MHTC should be given more allocation to better promote the sector.