Lok Sabha Question No. 773 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2018-07-23
Subject: Foreign Tourist Arrival on Medical Visa
Ministry: TOURISM
Asked by: POONAMBEN HEMATBHAI MAADAM

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF TOURISM

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO.773 ANSWERED ON 23.07.2018

## FOREIGN TOURIST ARRIVAL ON MEDICAL VISA

## 773.  SHRIMATI POONAMBEN MAADAM:

Will the Minister of TOURISM be pleased to state:

- (a) whether a large number of foreign patients are coming to our country for medical treatment and surgery;
- (b) if so, the details of Foreign Tourist Arrivals in India on Medical Visa during the last three years country-wise; and
- (c) the  foreign  exchange  earned  through  medical  tourism  during the said period?

## ANSWER

## MINISTER OF STATE FOR TOURISM (INDEPENDENT CHARGE) (SHRI K.J. ALPHONS)

(a) and (b):   Yes,  Madam.  A  statement  of  Nationality-wise  Foreign Tourist  Arrivals  (FTAs)  in  India  for  Medical  purpose  during  2015, 2016 and 2017 is given in the Annexure.

(c): The Foreign Exchange Earning (FEE) through medical tourism in  India  is  not  available,  separately.  However,  the  provisional estimates of total FEEs through tourism during 2015, 2016 and 2017 were  Rs.1,35,193  crore,  Rs.1,54,146  crore  and  Rs.1,77,874  crore respectively.

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ANNEXURE

STATEMENT  IN  REPLY  TO  PARTS  (a)  AND  (b)  OF  LOK  SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO.773 FOR 23.07.2018 REGARDING FOREIGN TOURIST ARRIVAL ON MEDICAL VISA.

Estimates  of  Nationality-wise  Foreign  Tourist  Arrivals  for  medical purpose are as follows:

|   Sl. No. | NATIONALITY                    | 2015   |   2016 |   2017 (P) |
|-----------|--------------------------------|--------|--------|------------|
|         1 | BANGLADESH                     | 120388 | 210142 |     221751 |
|         2 | AFGHANISTAN                    | 27505  |  61231 |      55681 |
|         3 | IRAQ                           | 11378  |  33125 |      47640 |
|         4 | OMAN                           | 8308   |  25002 |      28157 |
|         5 | MALDIVES                       | 1836   |  10523 |      45355 |
|         6 | UZBEKISTAN                     | 6398   |   9564 |       8309 |
|         7 | NIGERIA                        | 10642  |   9277 |       5530 |
|         8 | YEMEN                          | 5291   |   8837 |      11903 |
|         9 | KENYA 6400                     |        |   8701 |       7496 |
|        10 | UNITED REPUBLIC OF TANZAN 6167 |        |   5566 |       5047 |
|        11 | 3072                           |        |   5549 |       4964 |
|        12 | SOMALIA SUDAN                  | 1869   |   4324 |       6908 |
|        13 | SRI LANKA 3029                 |        |   4284 |       4436 |
|        14 | PAKISTAN 3632                  |        |   3955 |       1785 |
|        15 | ETHIOPIA                       | 1503   |   2666 |       7659 |
|        16 | SAUDI ARABIA                   | 1655   |   2589 |       4782 |
|        17 | MYANMAR (BURMA)                | 1354   |   1812 |       1791 |
|        18 | UGANDA                         | 1065   |   1638 |       1624 |
|        19 | MAURITIUS 1174                 |        |   1200 |       1682 |
|        20 | TAZIKISTAN                     | 587    |   1040 |       1728 |
|        21 | RWANDA                         | 792    |    865 |       1390 |
|        22 | BAHRAIN                        | 501    |    783 |       1130 |
|        23 | FIJI                           | 502    |    770 |        829 |
|        24 | MOZAMBIQUE                     | 547    |    700 |        353 |
|        25 | SEYCHELLES                     | 5      |    682 |        939 |
|        26 | ZAMBIA                         | 545    |    673 |        714 |
|        27 | UNITED KINGDOM                 | 609    |    672 |        755 |
|        28 | ZIMBABWE                       | 560    |    627 |        578 |
|        29 | UNITED STATES                  | 615    |    584 |        649 |
|        30 | CAMBODIA (KAMPUCHEA)           | 282    |    570 |        566 |

| Sl. No. NATIONALITY     |   2015 |   2016 |   2017 (P) |
|-------------------------|--------|--------|------------|
| 31 DJIBOUTI             |    312 |    487 |        421 |
| 32 MALAWI               |     29 |    380 |        546 |
| 33 SOUTH SUDAN          |    401 |    341 |        265 |
| 34 UNITED ARAB EMIRATES |    158 |    337 |        508 |
| 35 CAMEROON             |    198 |    321 |        342 |
| 36 CANADA               |    264 |    305 |        312 |
| 37 KAZAKHSTAN           |    235 |    284 |        367 |
| 38 KUWAIT               |    174 |    265 |       1008 |
| 39 MONGOLIA             |    276 |    258 |        359 |
| 40 GHANA                |    145 |    252 |        235 |
| 41 RUSSIAN FEDERATION   |    128 |    229 |        299 |
| 42 MALAYSIA             |    163 |    208 |        441 |
| 43 SYRIAN ARAB REPUBLIC |     90 |    184 |        290 |
| 44 TURKMENISTAN         |     25 |    169 |        801 |
| 45 KYRGYZSTAN           |     91 |    167 |        314 |
| 46 LIBERIA              |     15 |    163 |        150 |
| 47 BURUNDI              |    171 |    157 |        103 |
| 48 INDONESIA            |    155 |    141 |        249 |
| 49 IRAN                 |     77 |    132 |        108 |
| 50 PHILIPPINES          |     77 |    131 |        304 |
| 51 AUSTRALIA            |    165 |    129 |        198 |
| 52 SIERRA LEONE         |     48 |    129 |         84 |
| 53 SOUTH AFRICA         |    205 |    125 |        141 |
| 54 EGYPT                |     78 |    115 |        248 |
| 55 ANGOLA               |     95 |    109 |         89 |
| 56 PALESTINE            |     41 |    103 |        108 |
| 57 COMOROS              |     62 |     96 |         94 |
| 58 ERITREA              |     85 |     93 |         86 |
| 59 TUVALU               |     48 |     93 |        110 |
| 60 NETHERLANDS          |     56 |     92 |         85 |
| 61 MADAGASCAR           |     86 |     84 |        228 |
| 62 JORDAN               |     45 |     82 |        120 |
| 63 CONGO                |      3 |     80 |         66 |
| 64 FRANCE               |     56 |     70 |         97 |
| 65 GAMBIA               |     53 |     66 |         38 |
| 66 GERMANY              |     52 |     64 |        109 |
| 67 BULGARIA             |     30 |     61 |         63 |
| 68 QATAR                |     26 |     61 |         65 |
| 69 NIGER                |     55 |     60 |         46 |

| Sl. No.   | NATIONALITY   |   2015 |   2016 |   2017 (P) |
|-----------|---------------|--------|--------|------------|
| 70        | LEBANON       |     22 |     57 |         86 |
| 71        | UKRAINE       |     30 |     54 |        112 |
| 72        | NORWAY        |     26 |     52 |         57 |
| 73        | BOTSWANA      |     13 |     40 |         29 |
| 74        | ITALY         |     36 |     39 |         41 |
| 75        | SINGAPORE     |     46 |     39 |         44 |
|           | Others        |   1061 |   2159 |       3059 |
|           | Total         | 233918 | 427014 |     495056 |

P: Provisional

## Primary data source: Bureau of Immigration, Government of India ********