The Bangkok Post has a story today about the rise in the number of Japanese coming to Thailand for medical treatment. Kasikorn Research Centre published a survey that states the number of Japanese who came to Thailand for medical treatment in 2006 was 185,616 or 14.9 percent of all foreign patients. And they expect that number to rise in 2007 to around 200,000. The total number of foreign patients is expected to be around 1.54 million in 2007. Kasikorn credits the recently signed trade agreement between Japan and Thailand with having a positive effect on medical tourism to the country. The attractive features of Thai healthcare are the high quality care at lower prices plus spa and Thai traditional medicine which are often combined with moden medical care.

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