Kerala to host international conference on health tourism

THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: The Confederation of Indian Industry (CII), with the support of Kerala government, is organizing the fifth edition of Kerala Health Tourism 2015 in Kochi in October.

The two-day event, beginning on October 30, is envisaged to create awareness and getting the stakeholders together to promote Kerala as the hub for medical tourism in the country by 2020, a release said here today.

The event would highlight emerging trends, opportunities and challenges in the Indian Health Tourism arena, discuss preparedness of Indian hospitals and so on.

It would be a congregation of major hospitals, health insurance companies, policy makers, tourism promotion boards, health travel and tourism operators and international institutions for the promotion of health tourism, it said.

The exhibition at the Kerala Health Tourism will help Healthcare and Tourism sector members to exhibit their services and products.

The first event of its kind in the country, KHT was the kick-off point for creating awareness and getting stakeholders together to promote Kerala as a preferred destination for health tourism, the release added.