The scenario of Medical Tourism Services India, then and now

The tourism industry in India is a very predominant part of the country’s economy. And medical tourism in India is a very important part of the tourism industry. The growth of healthcare industry is expected to go up to 280 billion USD by 2020. The first hike was seen in 2011 with 68 billion USD.

The Medical Tourism Packages that are provided by the travel agencies in India are very affordable and traveler can trust them with all the services provided related to the medical and health care. They are just one call away to guide to in a strange city.

Before the rise of medical tourism in India, the country had only the basic and limited infrastructure for treatments and health care. But the medical institutes had to meet the demands of the populace. So the government interventions and the world class chains of hospitals came in collaboration to take the medical tourism to the next level, to meet the demand of its people and also attract foreign patients. With that the travel industry saw a huge demand of medical tourism packages to be provided for the foreign patients mainly to guide them and ease them into the functioning of medical treatments.

The Indian healthcare industry has only gone upwards at a rapid pace from that point onwards. The private sector is the major player in the industry, accounting for almost three forth of the of the country’s total healthcare expenditure.

The Indian healthcare sector includes Healthcare delivery, Medical technologies, Pharmaceuticals and sections as a part of the industry. In that, Healthcare delivery contributes 70% for the revenue generation follows by all the other sections. 90% of the hospitals are established and operated by the doctors and professionals and others are the corporate hospital chains like Apollo Hospital, Fortis Healthcare, MAX Hospital etc.