Tag Archives: Outbound tourism

According to SNS Insider Research, the global medical tourism industry is expected to be worth US$70.18 billion by 2032, which was initially valued at US$10.78 billion in 2023. This represents a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of 24.52 per cent over the 2024–32 period.

During the launch of four-city India roadshow in Delhi, H.E. Azzan Al Busaidi, Undersecretary of Tourism, Ministry of Heritage and Tourism, Sultanate of Oman, said, “In 2023, Oman has seen 70 per cent growth in Indian visitors, and first five months of 2024 has already seen a 15 per cent increase.”

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Singapore Tourism’s multi-city roadshow ‘Holidays Made in Singapore’ launches today in Chennai, aiming to bolster ties with the Indian travel trade community. Featuring 50 exhibitors from diverse sectors, the event will proceed to Hyderabad, Kolkata, and Ahmedabad. The roadshow seeks to attract more Indians to Singapore.

Suman Billa, Additional Secretary, Tourism, has said that TCS is a fair point raised by outbound sector, because people who are doing business in India are getting disincentivised and who travel abroad can make the payment and obviate the entire necessity of paying the tax. “We will be taking it up with the Ministry of Finance,” he added.

OTOAI had a follow-up meeting with Suman Billa, Addl. Secretary, Tourism after heads of travel trade associations met new Union Minister of Tourism. “We have been assured that the ministry will take our issues. We will meet again to discuss how outbound tourism is benefiting inbound tourism,” said Riaz Munshi, President, OTOAI.

From January to May 2024, Singapore welcomed over 5 lakh Indians. “To draw more visitors from the country, Singapore will hold a multi-city roadshow from July 8-12 in Chennai, followed by Hyderabad, Kolkata, and Ahmedabad,” said Markus Tan, Regional Director, India, Middle East, South Asia and Africa, STB.

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Underlining the role of Indian outbound in Sri Lanka’s economy, Sri Lankan MP, V Radhakrishnan, said, “The country depends on tourism. 60% of the people come from India,” on the occasion of Kumbhabhishekam puja at the Seetha Amman Temple. In fact, even in 2023, Indians top the list of key contributors to Sri Lanka’s tourism with 3,02,844 arrivals.

Describing the Indian tourist to Fiji, Robert Thompson, Executive Director of Regions, Tourism Fiji, says, “Indian arrivals to Fiji in 2023 reached pre-COVID numbers of 2019. December saw the highest number of Indian arrivals in Fiji, increasing by approx. 300% vis-a-vis 2022. The average length of stay of an Indian tourist to Fiji is approx. 7.6 nights.”