The aim of the diploma thesis is to evaluate the potential for the development of medical tourism in the Czech Republic and to create suggestions and recommendations that would help to boost its development in this country. In the thesis, the Czech Republic is being compared with India as one of the fastest developing destinations for medical tourism in the world. The thesis is divided into four chapters. The first chapter defines the term medical tourism and its significance as well as risks and provides the theoretical background for the whole thesis. The second chapter introduces India and its conditions for the development of medical tourism, including geography, demography, politics, economics, social environment, technology, legislati...