Mayur Vihar Phase-I, Delhi -- (SBWIRE) -- 10/04/2011 -- New Delhi, with 150,000 foreigners visiting India in 2004 for treatment, medical tourism is slated to become a $ 2.3 billion business by next year making India a global health destination. “The country is the perfect destination that combines the best possible medical treatment with excellent and latest medical care, equipments and facilities that are second to none” stated Ravi Gusain, Managing Director, and Erco Travels.

He added that giving impetus to the already growing market, Erco Travels is extremely pleased to play a vital role in the growth of this aspect of tourism. Thanks to a consolidated effort, the numbers of people coming to the country to avail of this facility is rising by almost 15% every year.

What makes India a lucrative option for medical tourism is its cost effective model that offers medical treatment at almost 30% reduced rates than the western countries, which is also the cheapest in the South-East Asia region. Apart from cost, expertise of Indian doctors is well-known across the globe.

What’s more? The foreign patients feel very at home in the country primarily because Indian citizens are very comfortable speaking English, which works very well for the foreign patients and their family members visiting the country.

Over the years, Indian hospitals have gained mastery in most of the treatments and investigations using latest techniques. Owing to the competence of doctors and support staff success rate of most of the treatments is very high. This expertise, when coupled with warmth and hospitality of people, and wonderful destinations to recoup after prolonged treatment has done value addition for the sector, which is bound to grow by leaps and bounds.