1Assistant Professor, School of Commerce, Bharathiar University, Coimbatore-641046
2Junior Research Fellow, School of Commerce, Bharathiar University, Coimbatore-64104
Online published on 11 December, 2015.
Tourism is one of the fastest growing service sector gaining tremendous economic benefits. The concept of tourism is not confined to leisure tourism but has touched adventure tourism, pilgrimage tourism, health tourism, eco tourism, etc. The developing concept of Medical Tourism in India is the budding industry with enormous potentials. This article studies the role of medical tourism in India. It also examines the growth of foreign tourists arrivals to India and the foreign exchange earned through tourism industry. It is crystal clear from the study that India is becoming the most popular medical tourism destination by attracting 171021 foreign tourists’ visiting for medical purpose in the year 2012. The acceptance of world class quality care at economic prices, easy accessibility and state-of-art technologies have made India a preferred Medical Tourism Hub.
Tourism Industry, Medical Tourism, Foreign Exchange, Economic Growth
