Arrival of foreign tourists on medical visa witnessing phenomenal growth

India is emerging as a hotspot for medical tourism with arrival of foreign tourists on medical visa showing a phenomenon growth in the last two years. The year 2015 witnessed the growth of 140 percent of foreign tourist’s arrival on medical visa from 2013, where more than 50,000 people visited India on medical visa, according to a study - titled ‘Medical value travel (MVT)’ - jointly undertaken by Assocham and research firm Indian Institute of Tourism and Travel Management (IITTM).

This number rose to approximately 134,000 in 2015. In fact, the number of foreign tourist’s arrival on a medical attendant