Dubai is fast emerging as the medical tourism hub for the region. It has invested in top notch medical facilities and language skills were already high in the Emirate. As per market research done, half a million medical tourists are expected by the year 2020. The board is pushing the concepts of sports medicine, plastic surgery, dentistry, orthopedic and laparoscopic neurosurgeries as major medical activities. The Canadian Specialist Hospital has emerged as among the best performers in the region.