The size of the medical tourism market in India is expected to touch US $8 billion by 2020 from its current worth of US $3 billion. This is due to the costs for healthcare in the developed countries is getting higher. For around 80% of the medical tourists cost is the major factor. Accredited facilities and cost-consciousness has made Singapore, Thailand, India, Malaysia, Taiwan, Mexico and Costa Rica.

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Grant Thornton India’s National Managing Partner Vishesh Chandiok said “In these areas, India has the second largest number of accredited facilities after Thailand. The Indian Medical Tourism market is expected to grow from its current size of USD 3 billion to USD 7-8 billion by 2020”. In India, Kerala has the potential to increase their share to attract the medical tourists. Currently only 5 per cent of medical tourists are attracted by Kerala. Grant Thornton India Partner Vrinda Mathur said, Kerala is already attracting medical tourists but it has to upgrade their infrastructure. The most favoured destinations for the medical tourists in India are Chennai, Mumbai, Andhra Pradesh and National Capital Region (NCR).