Lok Sabha Question No. 2011 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2018-07-30
Subject: Inflow of Medical Tourists
Ministry: TOURISM
Asked by: PARAYAMPARANBIL KUTTAPPAN BIJU

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF TOURISM

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO.2011 ANSWERED ON 30.07.2018

## INFLOW OF MEDICAL TOURISTS

2011. DR. P.K. BIJU:

Will the Minister of TOURISM be pleased to state:

- (a) whether  the  Government  has  any  figures/data  of  foreigners who came to India for Medical treatment during the last three years;
- (b) if so, the details thereof, State-wise including Kerala;
- (c) the countries from where such Medical Tourism was witnessed; and
- (d) the total foreign exchange earned therefrom?

## ANSWER

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

- (a) and (b): The  estimated  figures  of  Foreign  Tourist  Arrivals (FTAs) in India for Medical purpose during 2015, 2016 and 2017 were 233918,  427014  and  495056  (provisional)  respectively.  State-wise breakup of FTAs on Medical purpose is not available.
- (c): A statement of Nationality-wise Foreign Tourist Arrivals (FTAs) in India for Medical purpose during 2015, 2016 and 2017 is given in the Annexure.
- (d): 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  PART  (c)  OF  LOK  SABHA  UNSTARRED QUESTION NO.2011 ANSWERED ON 30.07.2018 REGARDING INFLOW OF MEDICAL TOURISTS.

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

|   S. No. NATIONALITY | S. 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 | SOMALIA                   |   3072 |   5549 |       4964 |
|                   12 | 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 |

|   S. No. | NATIONALITY          |   2015 |   2016 |   2017 (P) |
|----------|----------------------|--------|--------|------------|
|       29 | UNITED STATES        |    615 |    584 |        649 |
|       30 | CAMBODIA (KAMPUCHEA) |    282 |    570 |        566 |
|       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 |

| S. No.   | NATIONALITY   | 2015   | 2016   |   2017 (P) |
|----------|---------------|--------|--------|------------|
| 67       | BULGARIA      | 30 61  |        |         63 |
| 68       | QATAR         | 26     | 61     |         65 |
| 69       | NIGER         | 55     | 60     |         46 |
| 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 |

Note: Figures of 2017 and 2016 include all types of arrivals on Medical  Visa,  whereas  those  for  2015  include  only  arrivals  on Medical and Medical Attendant Visa.

P: Provisional

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