Articles tagged “india outbound”

From tourists to weddings, Sri Lanka says it knows the Indian playbook and it’s now betting the mix will fuel a boom.

Religious tourism is key to the travel fabric of India, but it is now also becoming a driver for premium experiences and leisure travel as Indians increasingly explore blended forms of travel.

Whether it is Australia, Saudi Arabia, or Sharjah, the message is clear. If a destination wants to attract Indian tourists, generic campaigns will no longer suffice.

While the rest of the world is opening its doors to travelers, the U.S. is turning visas into an obstacle course. At this rate, securing a U.S. visa may soon come with bragging rights.

India could have been the U.S.'s safe bet amid the current tourism turmoil. Instead, the stricter vetting, changing visa rules, and tariff wars might just have turned them away.

The April-June quarter was marred with geopolitical tensions and the Air India crash. Despite this, the Indian hotel sector's ability to not only remain unaffected by these headwinds but also deliver a double digit revenue growth is the recovery the industry and investors have been waiting for.

As geopolitical tensions and mass tragedy-led demand disruptions threaten to widen losses for Indian airlines, carriers would need to figure out how they can leverage their improved pricing power without losing price-sensitive Indian passengers.

The question for destinations is not whether to go after Indian demand, it’s how fast and how smartly they can adapt their sales, distribution and product to claim it.

Tourism can more than compensate for the potential losses that Indian businesses may have to suffer because of the Trump tariffs, but for that the country would need to invest significantly in marketing.

Australia is going all in on India, betting on cricket, culture, and seamless travel to court one of its fastest-growing tourism markets.