Medical Tourism Numbers

There are no precise numbers available for the industry.

Travel and tourism definition world tourism organization ecotourism. The issues in measuring medical tourism numbers. Dental tourism trends articles 21 february 2014 looking at the growth of the dental tourism market. According to patients beyond borders a medical tourism guidebook 17 million americans traveled to other countries in 2017 for medical care and that number is expected to increase.

Medical tourism in thailand is growing at a yearly rate of 16 while in financial terms the foreign medical services sector is expected to make a whopping 100 billion baht by 2015. What is the size of the medical tourism industry. In 2017 495056 patients visited india to seek medical care.

Current and potential opportunities inbound numbers by country and revenue press release pr newswire oct. Ctrips 2016 online medical tourism report indicates that the number of travelers who enroll in the oversea medical tourism through its platform increased fivefold over the previous year and more than 500000 chinese visitors are expected to go on medical tourism. Global top 20 medical tourism destinations 2019.

Our estimate puts the number at 7 million medical tourists annually contact us if you want to discuss this. In 2016 the numbers kept rising with over 170000 medical visas awarded. Medical tourism is a growing sector in indiain mid2020 indias medical tourism sector was estimated to be worth us 56 billion.

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We think thats unlikely. India has become a medical tourism hot spot with 166000 international patients in 2012 coming to the country due to the selection of highly skilled doctors and improved medical infrastructure. Many such as capone travel to save money.

The oecd estimates that 30 50 million people travel abroad for treatment each year. The big questions articles 24 january 2014 many problems in the medical tourism industry remain unanswered.