Market Profile: India

Market Profile: INDIA
INDIA ARRIVALS TO THE U.S.

TRENDS IN ARRIVALS (in thousands)
Year	1996	1997	1998	1999	2000	2001r	2002r	Change 2002r/1996
Arrivals	143	173	211	228	274	270	257	114
% Change	16%	21%	22%	8%	20%	-1%	-5%	80%

TRENDS IN RECEIPTS* (in millions)
Year	1996	1997	1998	1999	2000	2001	2002pr	Change 2002pr/1996
Receipts	$544	$634	$779	$861	$1,112	$1,041	n/a	n/a
% Change	n/a	17%	23%	11%	29%	-6%	n/a	n/a

INDIA VISITATION ESTIMATES
(Market Share & Volume in thousands)
VISITATION TO THE CITIES **
	Market Share 2002	Volume 2002	Market Share 2001	Volume 2001
***	***	***	***	***

SELECTED TRAVELER CHARACTERISTICS
(by Percentage Point Change)
	2002	2001	% Point Change ****
Purpose of Trip: (multiple response)
Visit Friends and Relatives	58%	53%	5
Business	48%	50%	-3
Vacation / Holiday	28%	33%	-4
Attend Convention	13%	9%	4
Transportation Types Used in U.S.: (multiple response)
Airline in U.S.	39%	45%	-6
Rented Automobile	27%	21%	6
Private Automobile	27%	22%	5
Rail between Cities	17%	21%	-4
Bus between Cities	7%	11%	-4

SELECTED TRAVELER CHARACTERISTICS
(by Percent Change)
	2002	2001	% Change ****
Prepaid Package	3%	7%	-62%
First International Trip	22%	33%	-32%
Average Length of Stay in U.S. (nights)	48.6	52.8	-8%
Daily Visitor Spending in U.S.	$40	$46	-13%
Average Number of States Visited	2.1	2.2	-5%

Notes

r - The 2001 and 2002 arrivals total have been revised downward from the preliminary estimate released earlier by OTTI.

pr - Preliminary will be revised

n/a - not available

* Excluding passenger fare receipts/exports.

** Only the census regions, states, and cities are displayed that have a statistically reliable respondent base for the survey year(s).

*** Not displayed due to low respondent base for this survey year.

**** Variance due to rounding.

Source: U.S. Department of Commerce, ITA, Office of Travel and Tourism Industries; Bureau of Economic Analysis

Publication Date: May 2003