San Francisco International Airport has registered a sharp jump in the number of Indian arrivals, that stood at 180,000 in the first half of 2023, representing a growth of 80 pc over the corresponding period in 2019. Kevin Bumen, Chief Financial & Commercial Officer at SFO, who was recently in India, tells India Outbound that he sees immense potential for further growth for SFO in the Indian market as the largest number of Indian travellers to the United States head to California.

On the back of an unprecedented boom in the number of Indian travellers to the United States, the two governments relaunched their bilateral Travel and Tourism Working Group which recently held its first meeting in New Delhi. As part of its promotional activities, the United States Commercial Service organised a tourism event in New Delhi in collaboration with Discover Destinations, an American DMC.

India will rank as the fourth-largest travel spender worldwide by 2030, with Indians spending USD 410 billion on travel and the industry showing a remarkable recovery post-pandemic, says a new report.