Austria Sees 8.6% Rise in Indian Tourists in 2018

Lifestyle & TravelTravel ♦ Published: March 7, 2019; 15:11 ♦ (Vindobona)

Seeing an upsurge in its inbound tourists in 2018, a representative of the Austrian National Tourist Office said it received over 1.9 Indian tourists - an 8.6% rise over the last year.

India is now among the fastest growing outbound tourist markets in the world, second only to China. / Picture: © Indian and Austrian crossed flags by Vindobona

The Vienna Tourism Board added that it had also received 7.7% more Indians in 2018.

Of its inbound tourism numbers, Vienna saw 7.5 million arrivals from across the globe, 6% over the year before.

According to the board, about 63,000 Indians visited across its 428 hotels.

India is now among the fastest growing outbound tourist markets in the world, second only to…