Analysis of Medical Tourism and its Economic Impact MS. Revathi J.1, Rani S. Jansi2 1PhD Research Scholar, Department of Economics, Vels University, Chennai, India 2Associate Professor, Department of Economics, Vels University, Chennai, India Online published on 21 February, 2019. Abstract People travel from their native to abroad to obtain treatment as well as site seeing. MT is not a new one; in olden days spa and mineral contained water are used to treatment; like air (ozone), sea water which is rich in iron and sulphur, hills, temples thermal water, mud are used to treat the patient. But Allopathy treatment is universally accepted. Developing countries very less amount are invested but they encourage private and corporate more for health care and NABH gives accreditation to the hospitals who maintains optimum quality and care, and get accreditation from JCI. Ministry of Medical Tourism provide Fiscal incentives, develop infrastructure, ease medical visa, transport, skilled professionals, and most importantly consume reasonable or less cost,. MT is recognized as export Industry. Comparative to other countries MT in India is unique one, has variety of Alternative medicine, the things which they used are very natural like plants, leaves, seeds, etc… and has no side effects, it is preventive and curative and promotive methods. Meditation for mind peacefulness, yoga for fitness Ayurveda and Siddha keeps the body healthy. India is an exotic destination landscape with beaches, ancient ruins, pilgrimage, huge mountains, star hotels so many beautiful places which attracts numerous foreign medical tourists. The persons who are not affordable or uninsured and underinsured from developed countries come to India to get treatment. Top Keywords M T-Medical Tourism, JCI-Joint Commission International, CII-Confederation of Indian Industry, NABH-National Accreditation Board of Health. Top |