Medical tourism in India was expected to grow to $9 bn in 2020 before covid struck NEW DELHI : India holds high hopes that its medical tourism industry will revive faster than that of other countries, although this may not be anytime soon. “Indian medical tourism industry is likely to revive faster than even some developed nations in Europe, as well as USA, on account of comparatively better handling of the situation by India as compared to these nations," said Piyush Tiwari, director (commercial and marketing), India Tourism Development Corp. (ITDC), under the tourism ministry. “Medical tourists will probably be much more aware of where they go and how ‘medically safe’ the country seems to be to them, and medical travel destinations, like