{"id":233030,"date":"2023-03-21T19:19:05","date_gmt":"2023-03-21T13:49:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.forumias.com\/?p=233030"},"modified":"2023-03-21T19:19:05","modified_gmt":"2023-03-21T13:49:05","slug":"ministry-of-tourism-has-formulated-a-national-strategy-and-roadmap-for-medical-and-wellness-tourism-in-order-to-boost-medical-tourism-in-the-country","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/ministry-of-tourism-has-formulated-a-national-strategy-and-roadmap-for-medical-and-wellness-tourism-in-order-to-boost-medical-tourism-in-the-country\/","title":{"rendered":"Ministry of Tourism has formulated a National Strategy and Roadmap for Medical and Wellness Tourism in order to boost Medical Tourism in the country"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><b>Source: <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The post is based on the article<\/span><b> \u201c<\/b><b>Ministry of Tourism has formulated a National Strategy and Roadmap for Medical and Wellness Tourism in order to boost Medical Tourism in the country<\/b><b>\u201d <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">published in <\/span><b>PIB <\/b>on<b> 20th March 2023.<\/b><\/p>\n<h2><b>What is the News?<\/b><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The Ministry of Tourism has formulated a National Strategy and Roadmap for Medical and Wellness Tourism in order to boost Medical Tourism in the country.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<h2><b>What is the National Strategy and Roadmap for Medical and Wellness Tourism?<\/b><\/h2>\n<p><b>Aim: <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">To provide an institutional framework, strengthen the ecosystem for medical and wellness tourism, develop a brand and ensure quality assurance.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>Key Pillars of the strategy<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">: The strategy has identified the following key pillars:<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u2013 Develop a brand for India as a wellness destination<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u2013 Strengthen the ecosystem for medical and wellness tourism<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u2013 Enable digitalization by setting up an Online Medical Value Travel (MVT) Portal<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u2013 Enhancement of accessibility for Medical Value Travel<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u2013 Promoting Wellness Tourism<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u2013 Governance and Institutional Framework<\/span><\/p>\n<h2><b>What are the Steps taken for the Promotion of Medical and Wellness Tourism?<\/b><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The Ministry of Tourism, releases global print, electronic and online media <strong>campaigns<\/strong> in important and potential markets overseas, under the \u2018Incredible India\u2019 brand line.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">&#8216;<strong>Medical Visa<\/strong>\u2019 has been introduced, which can be given for specific purposes to foreign travellers coming to India for medical treatment.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><strong>&#8216;E- Medical Visa<\/strong>\u2019 and \u2018<strong>E-Medical Attendant Visa<\/strong>\u2019 have also been introduced for 156 countries. In this, triple entry is permitted and extension may be granted up to 6 months on case to case basis.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The Ministry of Tourism provides financial Assistance under <strong>Market Development Assistance Scheme to Medical Tourism Service Providers<\/strong> accredited by National Accreditation Board for Hospitals &amp; Healthcare Providers (NABH) for participation in Medical\/ Tourism activities.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Source: The post is based on the article \u201cMinistry of Tourism has formulated a National Strategy and Roadmap for Medical and Wellness Tourism in order to boost Medical Tourism in the country\u201d published in PIB on 20th March 2023. What is the News? The Ministry of Tourism has formulated a National Strategy and Roadmap for&hellip; <a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/ministry-of-tourism-has-formulated-a-national-strategy-and-roadmap-for-medical-and-wellness-tourism-in-order-to-boost-medical-tourism-in-the-country\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Ministry of Tourism has formulated a National Strategy and Roadmap for Medical and Wellness Tourism in order to boost Medical Tourism in the country<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":10317,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1566,7965,9],"tags":[3590],"class_list":["post-233030","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-daily-factly-articles","category-miscellaneous-daily-factly-articles","category-public","tag-pib","entry"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","views":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/233030","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/10317"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=233030"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/233030\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=233030"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=233030"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=233030"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}