India’s remarkable rise in WEF’s Travel and Tourism Development Index 2024
India’s rank on the World Economic Forum’s Travel & Tourism Development Index 2024 has risen to 39th place, with global tourism activities returning to pre-pandemic levels. The WEF annual report released on Tuesday shows that the US topped the list and India is ranked highest in South Asia and among the lower-middle-income economies. India was ranked 54th in the previously published index in 2021.
After the US, Spain, Japan, France, and Australia figure among the top five in the 2024 list. The index, prepared in collaboration with the University of Surrey, showed India is highly price-competitive (18th) and boasts competitive Air Transport (26th) and Ground and Port (25th) infrastructure. In particular,…