As per recently released Tourism Australia Fact Sheet
- There were 24,200 visitors from India during the month of June 2017, a 12 per cent increase over June 2016.
- Total arrivals for the year ended (YE) June 2017 were 277,100, an increase of 14.6 per cent relative to the same period the previous year.
- This makes India the 9th largest inbound market for arrivals for the year ended June 2017.
- Arrivals from India are expected to perform well with an average annual financial year growth rate of 8.7 per cent through to the financial year 2021-22.
- For YE June 2017, Indian visitors spent A$ 1.43 billion (Rs 7,150 crores) on their Australian trips, an increase of 30 per cent over the previous year
- India is the 8th largest source market in terms of expenditure
- Average spend for Indian visitors was A$ 5,491
- For YE June 2017, Indian visitors spent 14.7 million nights in Australia, an increase of 4 per cent over 2016
- The average length of stay for all visitors from India was 56 nights, with a 50 per cent repeat visitation
- Indian leisure visitors stayed an average of 45 nights
- India’s overnight visitor spend has the potential to reach up to A$ 1.9 billion
- Visitor numbers from India have the potential to reach up to 300,000