Melbourne: India is fast emerging as a favourite travel destination for Australians with a 29 per cent surge in tourists from Australia to the country, according to official figures.
According to 'Herald Sun' report, the latest radical reshaping of Australian tourist and business travel has put India at 10th most visited destination with 17,400 visits a month which was mere 4,000 tourists ten years ago.
Country's Bureau of Statistics figures have disclosed that in February this year more Australians visited China or India than the conventional UK.
India, Thailand and China are by far our fastest growing destinations with annual growth rates of 15, 14 and 13 per cent respectively.
Australia has 47,000 visitors a month from China (and a further 15,000 from Hong Kong), well in excess of the 40,000 that come from the US and close to the 49,000 who come from Britain. China was on track to replace the UK as the...
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