Hilton Asia-Pacific President Alan Watts told Squawk Box Asia that outbound travelers from India increased from 10 million to 27.3 million in 2024. He said present-day travel from India “is minuscule compared to what it’s going to be in the future.”
Indian travelers will be ‘the story’ of the next 10 years, says Hilton APAC President
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