Healthy returns

A recent expo in Beijing saw foreign travel firms flock to tap China's health tourism market, providing the industry with an extra shot in the arm, Yang Feiyue reports.

Mahender Thakur is rather enjoying his time on an automatic massage bed at a medical expo in Beijing. "The rolling and pushing motion really relaxes my back," says Thakur, a deputy general manager at Cox & Kings, an India-based provider of luxury holidays and tailor-made tours.

After the massage session, Thakur moves on to the other booths at the second Beijing International Health Tourism Expo, which ran from Sept 7 to 9.