ISKANDAR
PUTERI: Johor has the potential to become a regional medical tourism hub, said
state Tourism, Domestic Trade and Consumerism Committee chairman Datuk Tee Siew
Kiong.
He said
an integrated medical hub would serve and cater to diverse health care needs
for both local and international patients, especially those from Singapore and
Indonesia.
“In
keeping with the times, the tourism sector must always be dynamic and
innovative to meet the changing demands of the people.
“If the
emphasis previously was mainly on leisure tourism, now the focus is on various
aspects including shopping, business and medical tourism,” he said.
He said
this after a soft launch of the Millesime Hotel Sdn Bhd at Taman Kesihatan
Afiat, Iskandar Puteri recently.
He also
said that quality of life for people now had improved, compared to the last
century and that the medical tourism sector has grown rapidly over the last
decade.
He also
said that based on statistics, Johor recorded an increase of 16.05% in medical
tourists, which is about 40,910 in 2015 compared to only 35,253 in the previous
year,
He said
the numbers were increasing from time to time.
On the
disabled-friendly, five-star Millesime Hotel, he said the government fully
supported the innovative concept of combining a hotel with a specialist centre.
“This
effort is in line with the government’s decision to develop our medical tourism
sector and turn Johor into an open hub for medical tourism in this region. The
new hotel here will also create job opportunities for the public.
“As the
first medi-hotel in Malaysia, facilities and convenience for patients and the
disabled must be taken into account in order to meet the customers’ needs. On
behalf of the government, we fully support the initiatives,” he added.
Millesime
Hotel executive director David Lee said that they have adopted the government’s
vision to develop a world-class medical facility located within Iskandar
Puteri’s Health Park, with 161 rooms designed with both medical and the
business traveller in mind.
He said
that rooms in the hotel were designed for comfort and easy accessibility for
guests with disabilities.
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