Thumbay Medical Tourism (TMT), a key initiative of Thumbay Group, celebrated the World Tourism Day in style welcoming its 6,000th medical tourist at its hospital in Ajman, UAE recently.

Concurrently, the TMT also hosted celebrations at Sharjah International Airport.

In a bid to foster awareness among the international community on the significance of medical tourism, the TMT kiosk at the airport welcomed numerous passengers from various countries, providing over 1,000 complimentary gift packs which included free consultation passes at Thumbay Hospitals, information packs and other goodies.

Commenting on the initiative, Akbar Moideen Thumbay, the vice-president for healthcare division at Thumbay Group, said: "On the historical occasion of welcoming our 6000th medical tourist at our hospital, especially on World Tourism Day, we are very proud of our achievement. Although most travellers prefer to stay away from hospital/illness while on vacation, a fast-increasing number of medical tourists (people who align treatment with travel) are choosing international destinations like UAE for the sole purpose of attaining quality medical services."

TMT focuses on promoting the group’s ultra-modern healthcare services to the growing number of international patients visiting the UAE, at affordable costs.

"We take this opportunity to inform everyone about the services we offer. We aim to assist medical tourists arriving to the UAE with access to Thumbay’s state-of-art, efficient and affordable healthcare services," stated Thumbay.

It provides a host of travel and medical services to medical tourists from all over the world, and also arranges on-demand translator services, accommodation services, customized treatment packages, preferred cuisine, travel arrangements, priority appointments, airport pick up and drop off.

TMT currently has offices in six different countries and is looking to expand globally through partners.-TradeArabia News Service