Medical tourism has been defined and explained briefly in all its forms and
functionalities. A service approach has been followed while dicussing the
industry of medical tourism and public health. The phenomenon involving rapid
growth in medical tourism at a worldwide level has been explained briefly with
famous and successful case studies from America, South-East Asia including
Thailand, Malaysia, South Africa, Bardados, etc. The issues related to health
trourism, health facilities and alternative healthcare and covered in detail
while presenting the aforementioned case studies. Both a service industry
perspecitve and an understanding of the darker side of medical tourism are
presented. Besides, a policy perspective on impact of