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Medical Tourism - Ventures Between Healthcare Providers And Hospitality Industry

Medical tourism, or healthcare tourism,Costa Rica, Mexico, Thailand and Turkey.
is the act of touring overseas to obtainWith the growing years, India, judged as
medical, surgical and dental healthcare.one of the favorite destinations for
Medical tourism is a term coined bymedical or health tourism.
travel agencies and the media toPeople from around the world are
describe a speedily growing industrybeginning to realize the potential of
where people of one country travel tomodern and traditional Indian medicine.
another country specifically for theWith its state of the art hospitals and
purpose of getting either cheaper orhighly qualified UK-US trained doctors,
better healthcare services. This processit will soon transform into the
is being expedited by the Corporateworldwide medical hub. The Indian
sector involved in medical care as wellmedical tourism industry, growing at an
as the tourism industry, both privateannualized rate of 30 percent, caters to
and public. Medical tourism mixespatients primarily from the US, Europe
leisure, entertainment and relaxationand Africa. The medical expenses in
together with wellness and healthcare.India are a fraction of the costs in the
Medical tourism healthcare proceduresUS/Europe. India's top-notch private
can include elective surgeries likehospitals like Apollo, Fortis, and Max
cosmetic surgery, dental implants etc.HealthCare have attained international
as well as complex specialized surgeriesrecognition for their state-of-the-art
like knee/hip replacement, heart surgeryfacilities and diagnostic centers
etc. Medical tourism is quite popularbesides unsurpassed technical skills.
because sometimes the cost of healthA large draw to medical travel is the
care treatment in other countries can beconvenience in comparison to that of
a mere one-tenth the cost of the same inother countries. Many people from the
the US. The ultimate idea of the healthdeveloped world come to India for the
holiday is to offer the customers anrejuvenation promised by yoga and
opportunity to get away from their dailyAyurvedic massage, but few consider it a
routine and come into a differentdestination for hip replacement or brain
relaxing surrounding.surgery. However, a nice blend of
There are basically two types of medicaltop-class medical expertise at
tourism treatments that majority peopleattractive prices is helping a growing
will consider worth taking a chance on.number of Indian corporate hospitals
The first one is plastic surgery. Inlure foreign patients, including from
addition to the cosmetic surgery, peopledeveloped nations such as the UK and US.
are also likely to engage in medicalWith advanced medical and
tourism when it comes to seekingbiotechnological progress, India is
alternative medical treatments. Medicalleader in selling healthcare the world
tourism is quickly becoming a hot trendover. With yoga, meditation, ayurveda,
among residents of developed countriesallopathy, and other systems of
with high health care costs.medicine, India offers a unique basket
Popular medical travel worldwideof services to an individual that is
destinations are Colombia, Singapore,difficult to match by other countries.
India, Thailand, Brunei, Cuba, HongThe tourists' inflow for a wide medical
Kong, Hungary, India, Israel, Jordan,service spectrum from wellness tourism
Lithuania, Malaysia, The Philippines,to surgery and rehabilitation has made
Singapore, and recently, UAE. PopularIndia the preferred destination for
cosmetic surgery travel destinations aremedical tourism.
Colombia, Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil,



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