Medical Tourism Industry Valued at $439B; Poised for 25% Year-Over-Year Growth by 2025

July 25, 2016

Click here to view larger image. PALM BEACH GARDENS, Fla., July 25, 2016 -- In a just released report issued by VISA and Oxford Economics, the Medical Tourism industry was valued at a staggering USD 439 billion, with a projected growth rate of up to 25% year-over-year for the next 10 years as an estimated three to four percent of the world's population will travel internationally for healthcare and health-related treatment. For years the medical travel industry seemed undervalued, yet VISA's report accounts for growth factors - like some 340 new international airports over the next decade - and the medical travel market could so...