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'Chai and samosas': US hotels welcome Indian tourist boom to revive revenue
The surge was driven by a 50 percent jump in visas issued for business visits and 43.5 percent increase for leisure
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Reuters - Wed, 11, Dec 2024
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A tourist photographs a U.S. flag on the Eisenhower Executive Office Building, in Washington, U.S., July 4, 2023. / REUTERS/Julia Nikhins
U.S. hotels and travel companies are aiming to tap a surge in Indian tourists to boost revenue as domestic leisure spending falters and demand from East Asian countries remains below pre-pandemic levels.
Nearly 1.9 million Indian tourists visited the U.S. in the first ten months of 2024, a nearly 48 percent rise from 2019, according to data from the U.S. National Trade and Tourism Office (NTTO). The surge was driven by a 50 percent jump in visas issued for business visits and 43.5 percent increase for leisure, data showed.
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