Coastaltourism.in » medical tourism http://www.coastaltourism.in/blog Coastal Tourism India Tue, 31 Aug 2010 17:21:10 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 New visa regulations will limit medical tourism http://www.coastaltourism.in/blog/visa-regulations-limit-medical-tourism/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=visa-regulations-limit-medical-tourism http://www.coastaltourism.in/blog/visa-regulations-limit-medical-tourism/#comments Fri, 15 Jan 2010 19:50:43 +0000 Lotus Ray http://www.coastaltourism.in/blog/?p=160 New visa regulations will limit medical tourism is a post from: Coastaltourism.in

]]> New visa requirements oblige travelers on tourist visas for more than 90 days to take a mandatory two-month “time-out” before returning to the country. The unexpected visa rule changes were prompted by revelations that Pakistani-American terrorist David Coleman Headley and his associate Tahawwur Rana had visited India on fake multiple-entry visas. The duo were arraigned in October in Chicago on charges of plotting an attack on India that killed 160 people in Mumbai. Foreign governments have protested at the new rules. The US issued an advisory asking its citizens to review their travel plans to India. Permission to re-enter without a 2-month gap may be granted on the submission of a detailed itinerary and supporting documents such as ticket bookings, but it may take most of the gap period to process the documentation. The new visa rules will apply to anyone needing a visa to come to India, even to people of Indian origin. Although there is a system of medical visas, the process is complex and off-putting, so most medical tourists come on normal tourist visas.

The new rules will also have an impact on medical tourism, as many medical procedures that people go to India for require time, often with treatment over several months, so will affect those needing several visits.

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]]> With an aim to project India as a global health care destination, the medical tourism Medical tourism in Indiagovernment is organising events abroad to increase the footfalls of medical tourists in the country.

The Union Minister of State for Tourism Sultan Ahmed told that they had recently organised a road show in the Middle East to promote medical tourism in the region.

“I recently led a Indian delegation comprising tour operators, hospitals and medical professionals to UAE, Saudi Arabia, Kuwait and Qatar on a marketing road show to promote medical tourism, including tourism in general, in the region,” Ahmed said.

The Minister added that he wanted to project India a global health care destination through medical tourism.

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