Team Blitz India
NEW DELHI: India was the US’ second top market for travelers outside North America between April and June, according to the National Travel and Tourism Office data released on October 24. Over 500,000 Indian travelers came to the America in the those three months, up from 392,000 and 498,000 for the same period in 2022 and pre-pandemic 2019, respectively.
In the first six months of 2023, over 800, 000 Indian travelers came to the U.S., making it America’s second largest’s non-North American market after the UK this year.
Nearly 60% of Indian travelers came to the U.S. for vacation, business or a conference in the first six months of this year, according to the National Travel and Tourism Office. On an average, Indian travelers spent $3,500 per trip in the US The states they visited the most were California, New York and Texas.
In 2023, the US is expected to welcome 1.4 million Indian travelers, which is 97% of their pre-pandemic volume. It will be the US’s sixth top source overseas market in 2023, after the UK, France, Germany, Japan and Brazil. In 2019, India was the U.S. eighth-largest market.
It’s notable is that India has recovered so quickly and is rising as top source market for the US despite long visa wait times at US embassies, which suggests inbound travel from the country has been heavily restrained.
