Gopalakrishnan Venkataraman Quotations

We are looking at tourists as gods. If Japanese people come to India, we treat them as gods.

Corporate Japan is looking toward India as an incentive destination. If employees did a good job or achieved a target, a company sends them on a holiday package to India at the company's cost. For example, Suzuki Motor Corp. is sending 2,600 employees, in several groups, to India on a five-day incentive holiday this month.

The world has realized that India has many things to offer, not only from a tourism point of view, but economic, science and technology, biotechnology, pharmaceutical and information technology points of view. India is increasingly recognized as a destination with many facets.

Because of its developing medical science infrastructure, medical tourism in India is on the increase. Because it's cost-effective and affordable, many people from Britain, mainland Europe, the Middle East and Southeast Asia come to India for treatment. Medical tourism is a growing market in India, now worth about 12 billion dollars.