Medical Tourism: History, Global Scenario, and Indian Perspectives

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Author(s): Kumaran Subbaraman (Alliance University, Banaglore, India), Manjeet Singh (Central University of Jammu, India)and Inder Puneet Johar (Kashmir University, India)
Copyright: 2021
Pages: 18
Source title: Growth of the Medical Tourism Industry and Its Impact on Society: Emerging Research and Opportunities
Source Author(s)/Editor(s): Manjeet Singh (Central University of Jammu, India)and Subbaraman Kumaran (Alliance University, Bangalore, India)
DOI: 10.4018/978-1-7998-3427-4.ch001

Keywords: Business & Management / Business Science Reference / Hospitality, Travel & Tourism Management / Hospitality, Travel, and Tourism Management

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India has been coming up as a growing destination in terms of medical tourism. Medical tourism in India at present is valued around $7-8 billion dollars. High quality services in medical context at an affordable cost have made India one of the prominent destinations of medical tourism. Medical tourism in India is exponentially growing at a rate of 30% every year. Chennai is termed as the “Health Capital of India” being the region with highest footfall in terms of medical tourists with highest number of hospitals with multi- and super-specialty services offering highest quality healthcare treatment at the lowest cost. Ministry of Tourism and Ministry of Health and Family Welfare are working collaboratively to promote India as a premier medical tourism destination. To facilitate the easy movement of patients for medical tourism, m-visa (medical visa) has been launched and is being promoted, which gives the patients an opportunity to stay in India for the period of their treatment.

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