Australia eyes 10 per cent rise to 2 lakh Indian visitors this fiscal

Ahead of the cricket World Cup next year, Australia is wooing Indian tourists, eyeing up to 10 per cent rise in their arrivals to 2 lakh in the current financial year to that country.  Tourism Australia is promoting the country as a culinary destination as it targets to tap both leisure and business travellers from India. ‘We are looking for 8 to 10 per cent rise in Indian visitors to Australia. Our aim is to touch 2 lakh visitors by the end of this financial year,’ Tourism Australia Country Manager India & Gulf Nishant Kashikar said. During the July 2013-June 2014 period, around 1,85,000 visitors from India had visited Australia, he added, according to The Economic Times.