Australia sees 15% growth in arrivals From India

Tourism Australia country manager India and Gulf Nishant Kashikar stated the state of Maharashtra ranks as the leading source market for Australia, with over 59,000 tourists from the state, spending around AUD310 million (USD241 million) in the 12 months to Jun-2017 (Traveltrendtoday.in, 10-Oct-2017). Maharashtra contributed to a growth of 18% and 41% in arrivals and spend respectively, for the 12 month period. As previously reported by CAPA, Australia welcomed over 277,100 Indian tourists in the 12 months to Jun-2017, making India the ninth largest inbound market for tourist arrivals. This increase also marks a double digit growth for the fourth consecutive year.