Tourism (outbound): India

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Indian tourists abroad

The Times of India

May 23 2015

Desis among biggest spenders on UK vacations

Kounteya Sinha

Indians are among the biggest spenders while holidaying in London, tourism data released by the city mayor's office has shown. As many as 213,000 Indians visiting London over nine months from January to September 2014 spent £172 million. India is ranked 17th in terms of countries for the number of visitors to London during the first three quarters of 2014, seventh for number of nights spent in the capital and 16th for the amount of money spend.

In the 12 months to September 2012, Indian visitors spent £159 million in London alone. But this saw a 40% rise to £220 million in just one year to Sept 2013.

10th highest spenders on hotels

The Times of India, Nov 23 2015

Indian tourists rank 10th on spenders' list on hotel rooms abroad, finds study

The average Indian has been shedding that price-sensitive when travelling abroad, it tag seems. Indian tourists featured in the global top 10 list of nationalities who spend the most on hotel rooms abroad. With an average spend of Rs 9,351 per night, including taxes, when on an international trip, Indian travellers stood 10th on the list, which was led by travellers from Argentina.The Argentinians spent an average of Rs 10,456 per night followed by US tourists, who spent Rs 10,330 per night. The third rank went to the Swiss, whose av erage hotel room spend per night was Rs 10, 238, said a report released by Hotels.com.

But when it came to spending on hotel rooms within their own countries, the Swiss topped the list with an average spend of Rs 12,088 per night, followed by travellers from Singapore, who spent an average of Rs 9,298 per night, and those from Norway , who paid Rs 9,004 a night domestically.

If one were to look at best value accommodation when it came to spending on hotel rooms domestically , Indian travellers ranked fourth with an av erage payment of Rs 5,346 a night.

Topping the list of nationalities who paid the least when travelling domestic were people from Malaysia, who paid an average of Rs 3,645 per night.In the second spot were the Thai, who spent an average of Rs 4,502 per night, while those from Russia came third at Rs 5,063.

“Of the 32 countries analysed, 29 nations paid more abroad for travel than at home with some showing a significant gap between the two amounts,“ said the report, adding that only those from three countries paid more at home than abroad, with Swiss travellers bearing the highest difference, spending Rs 1,850 more on a domestic hotel than a foreign one. They were followed by travellers from Singapore with a difference of Rs 1,326 and those from Denmark with a difference of Rs 82.