Newly affluent Indians are now said to be the world’s fastest growing market in global tourism as they explore far-flung destinations from Antarctica to the Amazon.
India became Asia‘s highest source of international travellers for the first time in 2022, with tourist numbers exceeding those of China, South Korea and Japan.
Some 27million Indians are now going abroad which is expected to more than double to almost 70million by 2030, according to Bollywood star Deepti Bhatnagar.
Bhatnagar, who has become one of India’s most popular travel experts, said tourists are being particularly drawn to sites such as Machu Picchu in Peru and Hallstatt in Austria, which is said to be the inspiration for Arendelle in the Disney film Frozen.
She…
