India: Medical tourism profile

Overview

Inbound medical tourism 2019	200,000
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Tourists 2019	10.9 million
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Population 2021	1393.4 million
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India offers a huge variety of treatment from the latest technology to traditional medicine, in a vast number of hospitals and other locations.

Overview

Inbound

Outbound

Environment

Inbound

Medical tourism numbers in

2008	113,689
2009	112,389
2010	155,944
2011	138,803
2012	171,021
2013	236,898
2014	139,447
2015	233,918
2016	427,010
2017	495,056
2018	640,798
2019	697453
2020	Not Provided
2021	Not Provided

Source: Government of India 2022

Outbound

Medical tourism numbers out

Under 10,000 each year is a very rough estimate.

Medical tourism promotion

The tourism ministry’s plan will present India as a preferred destination for medical tourism, cutting across the streams of Allopathy, Ayurveda, Naturopathy and Yoga. Discussions are underway between the National Medical and Wellness Tourism Board and Union Culture and Tourism Minister Prahlad Patel.