Recent years have witnessed India’s outbound tourism soar, with more and more Indians choosing China as their top destination.
China is becoming one of the most popular destinations for Indian tourists with over six lakh visiting various destinations so far this year, a Chinese official said.
Recent years have witnessed India’s outbound tourism soar, with more and more Indians choosing China as their top destination.
It is estimated that the number of outbound tourists from India will reach 50 million overall by 2020, up from 21.87 million in 2016, state-run Xinhua news agency reported.
Tian Xin, an official from the New Delhi office of the China National Tourism Administration, revealed that in 2014, the number of Indian tourists to China was 7,09,900, up 4.6 percent year-on-year from 2013.
In 2015, the number increased to 7,30,500 and in just the first nine months of 2016, the number had already reached 6,00,900.
China and India, the two most populous countries in the world, started to strengthen tourism cooperation back in 2015.
