Deal to drive wellness tourism in Dubai
27-Apr-17, International Hospitals & Medical Travel
The Dubai Health Authority (DHA) has signed an MoU with Retreat Palm Dubai MGallery that aims to drive wellness tourism in the region. This collaboration is in line with the vision of the Dubai Health Experience (DHX), said the Authority.
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DXH was launched in April 2016, as a continuation of the ‘Dubai, a Global Destination for Medical Tourism’ project. The Authority described DHX as a ‘highly integrated programme that aims to promote Dubai as a global centre for the provision of medical tourism services with a target of attracting half a million international patients by 2020’.
It is estimated that numbers will increase around 13 per cent per year and that by 2021 over 1.3 million medical tourists will visit Dubai.