Australia, Mar 29:
Australia witnessed over 6 per cent on-year growth in Indian tourists arrivals in January this year, with
26,200 Indians travelling to the country, Tourism Australia said on Tuesday.
Moreover, India has also significantly improved its ranking to be the fifth largest inbound market for
Tourism Australia in 2024, from seventh in 2019.
“In January we did extremely well with 26,200 Indians travelling to Australia, compared to 24,700 during
the same month in 2019, a growth of 6.07 per cent.
“If we calculate from February 2023 till January 2024, the total number of Indians visiting Australia has
crossed the 4,00,000 arrivals milestone to reach 4,02,200,” Tourism Australia Country Manager – India
and Gulf – Nishant Kashikar told PTI.
This growth in footfalls is mainly due to Tourism Australia’s joint endeavours with its airlines, key
distribution partners, and over 5,000 Aussie Specialist Agents in India to drive consideration and
conversions, he said.
“The number of airlines connecting New Delhi, Bengaluru and Mumbai has gone up to 28 flights per
week from 8 flights in 2019,” said Kashikar.
Also, the electronic lodgement of visa application, which has made the visa application process easy and
more convenient, helped in more Indians visiting Australia, he said.
