Forecasting the Demand for Medical Tourism in India

Abstract

The purpose of this study is to predict as precisely as possible the medical tourism demand in India. As tourist arrivals is the most frequently used measure of tourism demand, the present study considers FTAs and their purpose of visit to India as a measure of inbound tourist to seek medical care. The medical tourism demand and its potential market till 2015 are identified based on available appropriate model as suited to the nature of data specific to individual country.