Brand U.S.A: About 1.4 million Indian tourists visited U.S. in 2018

Saturday, June 29, 2019

Amidst President Donald Trump’s tough immigration policies and visa restrictions, U.S. is experiencing a record 1.4 million Indian tourists in the year 2018 and becoming one of the top groups of international visitors to America.

India was third in terms of growth rate (7.2 per cent) during the year followed by Brazil (15.5 per cent) and Mexico (9.4 per cent).

Christopher Thompson, CEO of Brand USA told that most of the Indians visiting here and one of the most inspirational destination. Brand USA is an organization dedicated to marketing the United States as a premier travel destination.

He always talks about India being one of our strongest markets for visiting friends and relatives. He knows there is been a long history of a lot of the young students coming over for education, the families following them, and then we have a growing community of Indians in the United States, he said, explaining the reason behind high visitation from India.

The United States has always been an aspirational destination for the people of India. The two countries have natural affinity, they have democratic system, and India US relationship is becoming stronger and deeper every passing year, he said.

Thompson also said that the spending capacity of tourists from India is much more than those from other countries.

India (USD15.8 billion) is the fifth largest foreign exchange generator after China (USD36.4 billion), Canada (USD22.1 billion), Mexico (USD21.1 billion) and Japan (USD16 billion) in terms of spending by foreign tourists, he said.

After South Korea, India is the second-best performing market in terms of growth rate of spending by foreign tourists, Thompson said.

Referring to the US Department of Commerce statistics that Indian visitation is projected to grow an impressive 46 percent between now and 2023, he said, When you look at that, that’s a year over year increase of probably somewhere around six percent on an average over the next five years.

Thompson said he would encourage the Indian travellers to visit other places as well in he US other than traditional gateways.

Tourism in U.S. helps in promoting people to people relationship. The recent immigration policies and tough visa restrictions under the Trump Administration, he said, had no impact on foreign tourists.

@Business standard

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