Medical tourism in India: Current scenario

Today, there is a trend of medical tourism in India. Several foreign and domestic tourist patients prefer Indian states of Maharashtra, Goa, Kerala, Karnataka and Gujarat for taking medical treatment along with tourism. Nowadays, medical tourism in India is considered to be holding immense potential. Due to availability of good infrastructure and relatively cheaper (on a global level) medical treatment, there is a strong growth rate and rapid expansion in this sector, especially driven by foreign patients. Quality medical expertise and cost effectiveness have made India, one of the sort-after places for medical tourism. This study paper highlights the major health and medical treatments adopted by foreign tourist patients. Through this study, an effort has been made to find factors which directly influence the decision making process of patients and the factors which affect growth and development of medical tourism sector in India. Efforts have also been made to understand the problems faced by foreign tourist patients. The result of the study shows that, there is a positive opinion of foreign patients about the medical and non-medical facilities provided by Indian Hospitals.