Indian visitors in US spent $13.6 bn |
Indian visitors spent a record $13.6 billion in the US in 2016, positioning India on the sixth spot among the top 10 international markets for the US in terms of visitor spending. As many as 1.17 million Indians visited the US in 2016. India is ranked 11th in terms of number of international visitors to the US in 2016. A total of 75.6 million international visitors came to the US in 2016 for business, medical, education and leisure purposes, who collectively spent $244.7 billion across the country. Compared to 2015, visitor arrivals decreased by two per cent and visitor spending decreased one per cent. It was the first decline in visitors since 2009. In 2016, travel and tourism was the largest services export for the US, comprising 33 per cent of services exports and 11 per cent of exports overall. China ($33 billion), Mexico ($20.2 billion), India ($13.6 billion), and South Korea ($8.6 billion) all experienced an increase in both spending and visitations.
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