Tourism Australia: Demonetisation had little impact on Indian tourist arrivals in Australia

Tourism Australia released figures showing demonetisation had little impact on Indian tourist arrivals in Australia (NAM New Network, 17-May-2017). The number of Indian tourist arrivals in Australia for Dec-2016 stood at 29,500 compared to 26,100 in Dec-2015. Tourism Australia country manager India and Gulf Nishant Kashikar stated: "We have not seen any significant impact on tourist arrivals after demonetisation kicked off. In fact, in Dec-2016 we saw the largest ever increase in tourist arrivals in any single month from India to Australia which was 13%".