By Julito G. Rada | Posted on Nov. 22,
2012 at 12:01am |
[ manilastandardtoday.com ]
The Retirement and Healthcare
Coalition, a group led by foreign businessmen, asked property developers to
build complete retirement villages to serve a bigger portion of the increasing
“silver market.”
Coalition executive director Marc
Daubenbuechel said Wednesday property developers should look beyond mere
“sleeping quarters,” as other countries in the region built their own
infrastructure to get a bigger share of the market.
“The increasing numbers of retirees
that are looking for homes outside their own countries are increasing each
year. The Philippines must be able to
cater to their needs for retirement communities that fit their lifestyle,”
Daubenbuechel said.
He said developers in the country
should not just sit back and take foreign retirees for granted because by 2030,
about 25 percent of the world’s population would be comprised of retirees.
Daubenbuechel said property developers
were contented in offering “sleeping quarters” that did not have vital
components on leisure, entertainment, health and wellness of foreign retirees.
“There should be a deeper
understanding of how the players in the local industry should move forward,”
Daubenbuechel said.
The coalition said to further promote
and assist in the development of the country as a prime retirement destination,
it was holding a series of seminars and forums with key players in the
industry.
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