Australia becomes favorite tourism destination for Indians

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As per the recent reports from the Australian tourism authorities, the country has received around 277,100 Indian tourists during the period from June 2017 to May 2018. This is 19 per cent more than that of the previous year.

India has become the eighth largest inbound market for Australia, after China, New Zealand, the US, Britain, Japan, Singapore and Malaysia.

Average spending by Indian tourists increased by 14 per cent between April 2017 and March 2018, with visitors spending AUD 1.53 billion (around Rs 7,650 crore) in Australia. Last year it was AUD 1.33 billion.

In terms of spending also India has enhanced its place by attaining seventh place after China, the US, Britain, New Zealand, Japan and Korea.

Australia has been a favourite destination of Indians for the last four years, scoring double digits in both arrivals and spending, said an official from Tourism Australia.

The recent government move to extend online visitor visa applications would have helped the inbound tourism figures.