For medical treatments, India has been attracting foreign patients for many years. The volume of medical tourists is on a rise worldwide and India’s medical tourism is also increasing. Before discussing the medical tourism scenario in India, let us first understand medical tourism. Health and wellness tourism is another name for medical tourism. The industry in which for medical, dental and surgical care, people from different parts of the world travel to other countries is known as medical tourism. It also involves visiting the local attractions of these countries. The cost of treatment in India is much affordable and this leads to the increase of medical tourism in India. Let us now discuss some points about India’s medical tourism.

  • Medical tourism has a huge market in India

For many years, health care tourism has been a key growth sector. India has become a preferred tourist destination because of the growing insurance market, strong pharmaceutical industry, cheap international travel and quality health care. A large number of tourists from countries such as the USA, UK and Canada visit India every year. There are many tourists also from the neighbouring countries such as Bangladesh, Sri Lanka and China. From the medical tourists in India, there are many secondary players from the tourist industry in India get a lot of benefits. It is estimated that this industry will have continuous growth in the future and more international tourists will visit India for medical treatment.

  • Maharashtra, Tamil Nadu and Delhi are top destinations for international visitors

These three states attract a large percentage of international visitors in medical tourism. The biggest reasons for this trend are quality hotels, added tourism opportunities and high-quality hospital care. However, West Bengal is climbing the list at a fast rate for the last few years. Many international tourists are visiting Kolkata for affordable medical treatment and therefore medical tourism in Kolkata is increasing rapidly.

  • Tourists come to India for economic reasons and market attractiveness

For certain medical procedures, choosing India, where English is widely spoken, has a lot of advantages. When compared with the USA, procedures such as hip and knee replacement, facelift and gastric bypass are much affordable in India. This cost is including travel and accommodation cost. In Western countries, these cosmetic providers are not covered by most insurance providers. For other medical procedures like open-heart surgery and paediatric heart surgeries, there are modern hospitals equipped with international standard medical equipment.