{"id":28583,"date":"2017-03-03T17:45:57","date_gmt":"2017-03-03T09:45:57","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.imoney.my\/articles\/?p=28583"},"modified":"2022-02-04T10:02:55","modified_gmt":"2022-02-04T02:02:55","slug":"malaysia-sixth-best-place-retire","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.imoney.my\/articles\/malaysia-sixth-best-place-retire","title":{"rendered":"Malaysia Sixth Best Place To Retire"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Malaysia has been ranked sixth in the Annual Global Retirement Index as among the best destination to retire for expatriates.<\/p>\n<p>According to International Living (IL), a retirement and relocation magazine, Malaysia edged out the likes of Portugal, Nicaragua and Spain, due to its 878 idyllic islands, stunning beaches and untouched rainforests.<\/p>\n<p>The index also highlighted the low cost of living, high quality healthcare and its multicultural population as among the reasons the country is a suitable retirement destination.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe food is not just first class, but world class \u2014 and the shopping in Kuala Lumpur and Penang, where I live, is to die for,\u201d Keith Hockton, IL Malaysia correspondent was quoted as saying.<\/p>\n<p>This is not the first time Malaysia has been ranked as a favourable destination among expatriates. Kuala Lumpur was ranked ninth in Asia in the recent QS Best Student Cities 2017.<\/p>\n<p>Malaysia also ranks as <a href=\"http:\/\/www.bbc.com\/capital\/story\/20151230-the-top-seven-places-to-retire\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">one of the world&#8217;s top \u201cmedical tourism\u201d destinations<\/a> attracting more than 700,000 healthcare travellers in 2013, according to the Malaysia Healthcare Travel Council.<\/p>\n<p>Typically, the country\u2019s cuisine, natural forests and modern infrastructure with world-class connectivity are often cited as reasons Malaysia remained a favourite among the rest of the world.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.nst.com.my\/news\/2017\/03\/217170\/malaysia-worlds-sixth-best-place-retire-say-international-experts\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"><em>[Source]<\/em><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>All about food, nature and low cost of living.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":29,"featured_media":51624,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[216,240],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-28583","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news-updates","category-retirement-planning"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.3 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Malaysia No. 6 Best Destination To Retire For Expats<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Malaysia has once again been ranked as among the best places to retire. 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