Health Tourism

1. MADE BY:
KARAN MUKESH MEHTA (BBA-6)

2. What is Health Tourism?
• Noun
health tourism-the
practice of travelling abroad
in order to receive medical
treatment.

4. Bifurcations of Medical Tourism
HEALTH
TOURISM WELLNESS
TOURISM
1) Health Tourism- Health Tourism: travelling to receive
medical treatment in specialized institutions jointly
with tourism programs.
2) Wellness Tourism- healthy people travelling to other
cities to maintain their physical and psychological
health through receiving certain services in specialized
institutions.

5. Why Health Tourism?
• Search of better and higher quality of
medical treatments that may not be
available in the native country.
• To find a cheaper place for the medical
procedures of same quality.
• In some countries, certain medical
procedures are not legal, such as fertility
procedures. So, such people go to
different countries to get the procedure
done.

6. Countries providing such specialized
services
• Countries Which are the preferred countries that
people seek medical treatments from/
• Singapore
• United Kingdom
• Malaysia
• Thailand
• Sri lank
• India
India is also a major medical tourism destination
these days. You can see many people flying in from
countries such as Canada, America and Europe to get
better facilities here.

7. What are the medicinal departments
that are popular in health tourism in
India?
• Dentistry
• Fertility
• Psychiatry
• Cancer
• Cosmetic surgery
• Cardiology

8. Which are the most preferred cities in
India for medical tourism?
• Delhi
• Bangalore
• Chennai
• Hyderabad
• Mumbai
• Kolkata
• Manipal
• Pune

9. Why India?
Low Cost
Availability
of Medical
Experts
Availability
of Advanced
Equipments
Specialty
Treatment

10. Medical Tourism in India
• It is fast growing and becoming world famous. By the year
2020, it is estimated to grow up to $7–8 billion.
So, what makes India such a popular destination for medical
tourism?
• The treatments given in this country are cost effective.
• There is high end technology usage for the treatments and
surgeries.
• The standards of treatments are at par with that seen in the
developed countries.
• The overall costs of the treatments are very low.
• The hospitality given to the patient and the accompanies is just
incredible.
• Along with the treatment, the patients can also do a bit of
sightseeing and travel the beautiful and diverse country that is
rich in culture and heritage

11. India in Medical Tourism Industry
 The medical tourism industry in India is poised to
become the next success story after software
industry.
 Medical tourism has boosted with the number of
overseas patients touching 400000 in 2013 as
against 10,000 in 2000.
 Apollo hospitals alone has treated 95,000
international patients in 2013.
 India has 28 JCI (Joint Commission International)
accredited hospitals and the numbers are growing
significantly.

12. In a nutshell
• Today, India is no longer a mere
developing country. The country sees the
use of the most modern techniques and
equipment in the field of medicine. Thus, it
is the one of the most preferred country for
medical tourism. People are coming from
all over the world for medical tourism to
India. This is a good news for India as it is
helping the economy of the country too.

13. Thank you,
I hope I made sense.