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Ethical Marketing in Medical Tourism: Use of AI in Connecting With Conscious Healthcare Consumers in India and Indonesia

Ethical Marketing in Medical Tourism: Use of AI in Connecting With Conscious Healthcare Consumers in India and Indonesia
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Author(s): Deepak Singh (Jaipuria Institute of Management, India)and Maria Natalia Damayanti Maer (Petra Christian University, Indonesia)
Copyright: 2026
Pages: 44
Source title: Marketing Mental Wellness in Medical Tourism
Source Author(s)/Editor(s): Viana Imad Hassan (European Tourism and Events Training Academy, Malta), Simon Abou Fayad (Lebanese University, Lebanon)and Sharif Mohd (NDIM Delhi, India)
DOI: 10.4018/979-8-3373-6881-8.ch011

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Abstract

The rapidly expanding medical tourism sector in India and Indonesia faces disruption from the conscious consumer, who demands stringent ethical conduct, data privacy and transparency over transactional marketing. This chapter investigates how Artificial Intelligence fundamentally reshapes this landscape. Using a conceptual and comparative qualitative approach, the analysis highlights AI's potential for trust-building through predictive personalization, while simultaneously cautioning against critical pitfalls like algorithmic bias and data misuse. The study introduces the AIMPJ framework, a strategic blueprint that integrates consumer behavior and ethics theories with the AI-Enhanced Medical Tourism Patient Journey. The framework's application underscores the necessity of contextual AI ethics, recognizing deep regional contrasts. Implementing ethical AI is asserted as a strategic imperative for operators, requiring cross-sector collaboration and regulatory alignment to build a globally equitable and trustworthy medical tourism ecosystem.

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