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Photo Credits: gotnewswire India has been becoming a favourite destination for medical tourism in recent years. Advanced medical facilities, highly skilled doctors and comparatively low cost of treatment make India an ideal place for medical tourism.  The total number of visitors during the year 2017 was 4.95 lakh, as stated by KJ Alphons, Minister of State for Tourism. He was replying to queries in the Lok Sabha. People visited India for medical purposes during 2015 and 2016 were 2.34 lakh and 4.27 lakh respectively. Bangladesh and Afghanistan are at top places in the number of foreign tourist arrivals for medical ... Read more

India plans to have road shows to emphasis alternate therapies like Yoga and Ayurveda to attract more tourists form the US. The tourists from US have been one of the largest contributors of income in the tourism industry, UK being the second foreign contributor.  Recently, in the leadership of the tourism minister Alphons Kannanthanam, a road show under the theme ‘Incredible India’ has conducted in New York and Chicago. In 2017 India has received 1.4 million US tourists, which was 6 per cent more than that of a year ago and around 25 per cent more from 2014. Meanwhile, UK ... Read more