Lok Sabha Question No. 3120 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2018-12-31
Subject: Revenue Earned from Medical Tourism
Ministry: TOURISM
Asked by: POONAMBEN HEMATBHAI MAADAM

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF TOURISM

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO.3120 ANSWERED ON 31.12.2018

## REVENUE EARNED FROM MEDICAL TOURISM

## 3120. SHRIMATI POONAMBEN MAADAM:

Will the Minister of TOURISM be pleased to state:

- (a) the details of figures of Foreign Tourist Arrivals (FTAs) in the country on Medical Visa during the last three years;
- (b) the countries from where such Medical Tourism was witnessed; and
- (c) the  details  of  total  revenue  earned  through  medical  tourism during the said period?

## ANSWER

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

(a) and (b): The estimated Foreign Tourist Arrivals (FTAs) in the country on Medical purpose during the years 2015, 2016 and 2017 are  233918,  427014  and  495056,  respectively.  The  major  source countries  from  where  foreign  tourists  arrived  in  India  on  medical purpose are given in the Annexure.

- (c): Foreign  Exchange  Earning  (FEE)  through  medical  tourism  in India is not available, separately. However, provisional estimates of FEEs through tourism as a whole during 2015, 2016 and 2017 were US  $  21.013  billion,  US  $  22.923  billion  and  US  $  27.310  billion respectively.

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ANNEXURE

STATEMENT  IN  REPLY  TO  PARTS  (a)  AND  (b)  OF  LOK  SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO.3120 ANSWERED ON 31.12.2018 REGARDING REVENUE EARNED FROM MEDICAL TOURISM

Major source countries from where foreign tourists arrived in India for medical purpose

|   S. No. | NATIONALITY               |
|----------|---------------------------|
|        1 | BANGLADESH                |
|        2 | AFGHANISTAN               |
|        3 | IRAQ                      |
|        4 | MALDIVES                  |
|        5 | OMAN                      |
|        6 | YEMEN                     |
|        7 | UZBEKISTAN                |
|        8 | ETHIOPIA                  |
|        9 | KENYA                     |
|       10 | SUDAN                     |
|       11 | NIGERIA                   |
|       12 | UNITED REPUBLIC OF TANZAN |
|       13 | SOMALIA                   |
|       14 | SAUDI ARABIA              |
|       15 | SRI LANKA                 |
|       16 | MYANMAR (BURMA)           |
|       17 | PAKISTAN                  |
|       18 | TAZIKISTAN                |
|       19 | MAURITIUS                 |
|       20 | UGANDA                    |
|       21 | RWANDA                    |
|       22 | BAHRAIN                   |
|       23 | KUWAIT                    |
|       24 | SEYCHELLES                |
|       25 | FIJI                      |
|       26 | TURKMENISTAN              |
|       27 | UNITED KINGDOM            |
|       28 | ZAMBIA                    |
|       29 | UNITED STATES             |
|       30 | ZIMBABWE                  |
|       31 | CAMBODIA (KAMPUCHEA)      |
|       32 | MALAWI                    |
|       33 | UNITED ARAB EMIRATES      |

|   34 | MALAYSIA             |
|------|----------------------|
|   35 | DJIBOUTI             |
|   36 | KAZAKHSTAN           |
|   37 | MONGOLIA             |
|   38 | MOZAMBIQUE           |
|   39 | CAMEROON             |
|   40 | KYRGYZSTAN           |
|   41 | CANADA               |
|   42 | PHILIPPINES          |
|   43 | RUSSIAN FEDERATION   |
|   44 | SYRIAN ARAB REPUBLIC |
|   45 | SOUTH SUDAN          |
|   46 | INDONESIA            |
|   47 | EGYPT                |
|   48 | GHANA                |
|   49 | MADAGASCAR           |
|   50 | AUSTRALIA            |
|   51 | LIBERIA              |
|   52 | SOUTH AFRICA         |
|   53 | JORDAN               |
|   54 | UKRAINE              |
|   55 | TUVALU               |
|   56 | GERMANY              |
|   57 | IRAN                 |
|   58 | PALESTINE            |
|   59 | BURUNDI              |
|   60 | FRANCE               |
|   61 | COMOROS              |
|   62 | ANGOLA               |
|   63 | ERITREA              |
|   64 | LEBANON              |
|   65 | NETHERLANDS          |
|   66 | SIERRA LEONE         |
|   67 | CONGO                |
|   68 | QATAR                |
|   69 | BULGARIA             |
|   70 | NORWAY               |
|   71 | NIGER                |
|   72 | SINGAPORE            |
|   73 | ITALY                |
|   74 | GAMBIA               |
|   75 | BOTSWANA             |

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