Indian travellers in US to grow 54 pc by 2018
Washington: India is forecast to send as many as 54 percent more visitors during the next five years.
US can expect four percent average annual growth in tourism during the next five years with a record 72.2 million foreign travellers projected to visit in 2014 alone, US Commerce Secretary Penny Pritzker said releasing the Spring 2014 Forecast for International Travel.
Visitor volume in 2014 is expected to increase 3.5 percent and reach 72.2 million visitors who stay one or more nights in United States.
This growth would build on the 4.7 percent increase in arrivals in 2013, which resulted in a record 69.8 million visitors, according to the report.
Asia-Pacific is expected to produce a 44 percent increase in visitors by 2018. High growth rates and large growth volumes are expected for China (21 percent), Taiwan (15 percent), India (12 percent) and South Korea (7 percent) in 2014.
Similarly, these four countries are expected to have among the largest total visitor volume growth of any country from 2013 through 2018. China is expected to increase a total of 2.5 million visitors or 139 percent through 2018 and produce the second-largest number of additional visitors behind Canada.
India could add 461,000 additional visitors (+54 percent) while South Korea should produce an additional 375,000 visitors (+28 percent), the report said.
(Agencies)
