{"id":827,"date":"2019-11-13T07:15:00","date_gmt":"2019-11-12T20:15:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/asiaadvisory.co\/?p=827"},"modified":"2019-11-08T16:38:52","modified_gmt":"2019-11-08T05:38:52","slug":"tourist-numbers-from-india-are-booming-but-theyre-not-here-for-a-holiday","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/asiaadvisory.co\/tourist-numbers-from-india-are-booming-but-theyre-not-here-for-a-holiday\/","title":{"rendered":"Tourist numbers from India are booming. But they&#8217;re not here for a holiday"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"post-content\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img data-attachment-id=\"828\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/asiaadvisory.co\/1641044ddf30fa2be55b9836fc182c2f255d73ea\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/asiaadvisory.co\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/1641044ddf30fa2be55b9836fc182c2f255d73ea.jpeg\" data-orig-size=\"1600,901\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"1641044ddf30fa2be55b9836fc182c2f255d73ea\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/asiaadvisory.co\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/1641044ddf30fa2be55b9836fc182c2f255d73ea.jpeg\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/asiaadvisory.co\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/1641044ddf30fa2be55b9836fc182c2f255d73ea.jpeg\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1600\" height=\"901\" src=\"https:\/\/asiaadvisory.co\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/1641044ddf30fa2be55b9836fc182c2f255d73ea.jpeg?w=1024\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-828\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>India has become Australia\u2019s fastest growing tourist market with visitor numbers increasing by 53 per cent. However, half of visitors to Australia in 2018\u201319 came to see friends and relatives, compared to 33 per cent a decade ago. Only 17 per cent listed holiday as the main purpose of their visit.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>https:\/\/www.smh.com.au\/national\/tourist-numbers-from-india-are-booming-but-they-re-not-here-for-a-holiday-20191011-p52zxl.html<\/p>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>India has become Australia\u2019s fastest growing tourist market with visitor numbers increasing by 53 per cent. However, half of visitors<a href=\"https:\/\/asiaadvisory.co\/tourist-numbers-from-india-are-booming-but-theyre-not-here-for-a-holiday\/\">Read More<i class=\"fa fa-long-arrow-right\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/i><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":142704466,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_coblocks_attr":"","_coblocks_dimensions":"","_coblocks_responsive_height":"","_coblocks_accordion_ie_support":"","ub_ctt_via":"","spay_email":"","footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_is_tweetstorm":false},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"rise-blocks_total_comments":0,"rise-blocks_categories":[{"term_id":1,"name":"Uncategorized","slug":"uncategorized","term_group":0,"term_taxonomy_id":1,"taxonomy":"category","description":"","parent":0,"count":31,"filter":"raw","cat_ID":1,"category_count":31,"category_description":"","cat_name":"Uncategorized","category_nicename":"uncategorized","category_parent":0}],"rise-blocks_excerpt":"India has become Australia\u2019s fastest growing tourist market with visitor numbers increasing by 53 per cent. 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