ACKO India Travel Report 2025 has revealed the expenditure of Indians on foreign travel.
PM Modi has advised Indians to stop non-essential foreign trips. He says, avoid buying gold along with ban on foreign travel for at least a year. With this, India’s foreign exchange reserves will be kept safe. After the PM’s statement, foreign travel of Indians has come into discussion. The ACKO India Travel Report 2025 has revealed the extent to which Indians spend lavishly on foreign travel.
This report prepared on the foreign travel expenses of Indians and their favorite countries is shocking in many ways and shows how much money Indians spend on foreign travel.
Spent Rs 2.75 lakh crore
According to ACKO India Travel Report 2025, Indians will spend Rs 2.75 lakh crore on foreign trips in the year 2024. 48 percent of the travelers were Gen-Z and Millennials. 36 percent of the travelers traveling abroad were below 35 years of age. This report was prepared on the data of 49 thousand travel insurance policies.
Vietnam is included among the favorite countries of Indians to visit.
In 2024, women will account for 43% of outbound travelers from India. Data shows that now the number of women traveling abroad is increasing rapidly.
Indians like traveling to Thailand the most.
Thailand is the most visited place by Indians.
Statistics for the year 2024 show that Indians liked Thailand the most in terms of traveling abroad. 13 percent of Indians traveling had reached Thailand. United Arab Emirates (UAE) is at second position. 10 percent Indians had reached here. Whereas 10 percent of America, 5 percent of Vietnam and 5 percent of Indians had reached Indonesia.
Railay Beach in Thailand.
This is how a trend became
The reason behind Indians reaching Thailand, United Arab Emirates, Vietnam, America and Indonesia Many reasons were also cited. Visa-friendly policies, flight connectivity and social media trends influenced travel choices, the report says.
Dubai of United Arab Emirates is included in the favorite list of Indians.
Beach lovers preferred Phuket, Bali and Da Nang, while those looking to explore urban areas chose Dubai, New York and San Francisco. At the same time, the share of medical claims in the amount received from insurance was 33%, the average of which was Rs 16,542.
Where did how many Indians go?
How much Indians like Thailand can be understood from the fact that in the year 2024, 21 lakh Indians had come to visit Thailand. This was a record in itself because 30 percent more Indians arrived in 2024 than the figures of 2023.
United Arab Emirates is also included in the favorite country of Indians.
Talking about Vietnam, more than 5 lakh Indians are expected to reach there in the year 2024. In the last few years, the number of Indians going to Vietnam has increased. One reason for this is the strengthening of the Indian currency in Vietnam.
7,10,688 Indians reached Indonesia in the year 2024. In comparison to the year 2023, the number of Indians reaching there in 2024 had increased by 17 percent. India was one of the top five sources of international tourists coming to Indonesia in 2024.
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