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Opportunities for health tours in Asia abound. Such a health tour of Asia can focus on normal recreation, plus therapeutic practices in health spas and health clubs to promote better health and blood circulation.  In terms of medical tours, plastic and cosmetic surgery is very popular, with some locations also offering advanced heart disease, cancer and other medical treatment at a low cost.  In general, the cost of these tours does not have to be exorbitant, and in some cases they are partially or totally covered by medical insurance.

In Thailand, a premier stop on a medical tour is the Bangkok International Medical Center, which specializes in operations for foreign medical patients.  The Bangkok Heart Institute was established in 1989, and has a staff of cardiologists, cardiac surgeons and other specialists.  Specialties of this hospital include all types of modern heart surgery.  State-of the-art angioplasty is available, and even some relatively new technologies like off-pump surgery.  This is actual open heart surgery, without the need to put the patient on a heart-lung machine. This reduces the time of hospital stay, and the length of recuperation time of the patient. 
 
In the city-state of Singapore, high-quality medical care has been more and more available for the general population and it has also become a key attraction for medical travel.  One high point of Singapore’s medical facilities is the John Hopkins Singapore International Medical Center.  Their oncology center treats a wide variety of cancers, including breast, ovarian, lung, stomach, colon, lymphoma, and prostate.  The rooms at the hospital fall in two categories; a VP Suite, with a single bedroom, a lounge and a bathroom, or else there is a single room with an attached bathroom.  In addition to surgery and treatment of cancers, the facility has an out-patient center to screen, diagnose and treat cancers that can be treated on an out-patient basis.

A well known beach resort in Thailand is Koh Samui.  The Samui clinic specializes in plastic surgery, including in cases of Gender Reassignment Surgery.  One of the operations performed at the Samui clinic is for the full conversion of males to a female sexual identity, with a vaginoplasty.  A vagina can be successfully formed by using various forms of skin grafts. Also available at Koh Samui are spas, and total wellness retreats.  Various programs at health spas that are available include detoxification, yoga, western medicine, Chinese medicine and fitness training.  Other therapeutic practices enjoyed in the health tour include saunas, steam baths, Thai massage, and hot and cold plunge pools to stimulate circulation.  Similar facilities exist in Malaysia, and the Philippines.

In Malaysia, there are currently 33 hospitals involved in medical tours and health tours.  There is also the Berjaya Langkawi Beach and Spa Resort, on beautiful Burau Bay and the leading “lifestyle resort”, the Sutera Harbour Resort and Spa, located in Kota Kinabalu, in Sabah.  Sutera Harbour is located near the Poring Hot Spring and Nature Reserve.

In the Philippines, there is an extensive medical tourism industry.   
The most common procedures are cosmetic and plastic surgery and weight loss surgery.

The Philippines has been growing as a destination of choice for health tours and medical travel because of their world class physicians, modern technology, and the Filipino style of hospitality and low cost. The Philippines also has such award winning health spas as the Farm at San Benito, and has been promoted by the Philippine Tourist Industry as the “Island of Wellness”.