Medical Tourism, also called Health Tourism, is a growing sector in India. It is one of the most sought after destination for medical or health tourism in the world. It is expected that medical tourism in India will experience annual growth of 30%, making it 9500 crore industry by 2015. It is also expected that the approximation value of health tourism in India go as high $2 billion a year by 2012.

India has all the ingredients for an ultimate destination for medical tourism with availability of latest medical technologies, excellent infrastructure, cheaper price, and a growing compliance on world class standards. The Indian government is also taking steps to address infrastructure issues that hinder the country's growth in medical tourism.

About 1.5 lac people come to India every year on medical tourism. People from all over the world visit India for health care and tourism as well. It is because availability of world-class health-care facilities, modern treatment and Ayurveda & yoga therapies. The most popular treatments sought in India by medical tourists are alternative medicine, bone-marrow transplant, cardiac bypass, eye surgery and hip replacement. India is known in particular for heart surgery, hip resurfacing and other areas of advanced medicine.

Neurology, Cardiology and Ayurveda of India are world famous and major elements making India a world famous destination for medical tourism.