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The recently released report by HVS ANAROCK states that inbound tourism in India marks remarkable 55% year-on-year growth, with 7.2 million foreign tourist arrivals from January to October 2023, showing positive signs of recovery. It also mentions it is just 16% short of 2019 levels.

ALC Travels inaugurated its new corporate office in Bhikaji Cama Bhawan on 28th October 2023. With high vision to create ALC most successful and trustworthy company, Prabhat Singh, Managing Director & CEO, ALC Travels, started the company on 1st May 2014. “We cherish the challenge of accomplishing the impossible and we are passionate about shaping the next generation. The company relentlessly works to turn desires to realities,” he said during an exclusive interview at the inaugural event. They also target 50 crore turnover as an agenda for the year 2023-24 & 100 crores till 2025-26. Singh shared how the company has evolved from being niche B2B/B2C/B2E market to now opening doors for MICE, inbound, corporate travel etc. Along the similar lines, Pravin Singh, Director & Mithilesh Ojha, AVP said we are aiming to create brand value by providing unique experiences & fulfilling the promises to clients. Centrally located Bhikaji Cama Bhawan is centrally located in Delhi from Noida, Gurgaon, and Faridabad. It also has close proximity from the airport. We have lots of corporates in this place along with upcoming world trade and Hyatt hotel, said Vineet Nijhon, Director, Arise Leisure & Corporate Travels when asked about why they chose that particular location. This inaugural event was attended by major tourism boards, top officials from ministry of tourism and trade partners.

A World Bank study states that air pollution is having significant impact on the tourism sector. It highlights that air pollution is costing India’s tourism sector $1.7 billion every year. The pollution is being restraining factor for people visiting India, causing tourists to shorten their stay,

In an exclusive interview with Kapil Goswamy, Managing Director, Trans India Holidays Pvt, shares, “There is a lot of potential in India’s inbound tourism, but it has not reached to pre pandemic levels due to lack of visibility in international market and high airfares.”

Peter Semone, Chairman, PATA, has said that PTM 2023 has attracted over 1000 delegates from 46 global destinations, which includes 159 sellers from 92 organisations and 15 destinations, along with 196 buyers from 191 organisations and 38 source markets.

Number of FTA’s in India skyrocketed to 6.19 mn, witnessing a substantial increase as compared to 1.52 mn in the year 2021. The top three source countries for FTAs are United States of America, Bangladesh, and United Kingdom, according to MOT data.

Inaugurating the 38th IATO Convention in Chhatrapati Sambhaji Nagar (CSN), Sandipanrao Bhumre, Minister- EGS & Horticulture, Maharashtra and Guardian Minister – CSN, said that the event would put focus on tier-II cities for big events and would also attract more tourists.

Ajeet Bajaj, President, ATOAI said, “We aim to make India amongst the top 10 adventure tourism destination in the world. Border tourism, sports tourism, adventure tourism will boost inbound tourism as well as foster India to become adventure tourism hub.

Ajay Bhatt, Union Minister of State for Defence & Tourism, tweeted that “We engaged in a productive discussion with tourism officials in Port Blair”. He stated that tourism plays vital role in development of Andaman & Nicobar, we explored ways to enhance tourism sector.   

ForwardKeys revealed that long-haul travel from the UK is 46% ahead of last year and 16% behind 2019. India has gained inbound tourism market share verus 2019 to become the second largest long-haul destination for UK, with a 20% growth on 2019 volumes.