India's overseas tourists market is "positive" for Australia with the number of visa applications from the country rising by over 30 per cent during the first three months this year as compared to last year, says a top tourism official. According to John O'Sullivan, managing director of Tourism Australia (TA), the increase in the number of tourist visa applications was mainly seen post Cricket World Cup in 2015 which introduced Australia as a holiday destination to the Indian tourists who were otherwise traditional visitors. "Cricket World Cup introduced Australia to Indian tourists. We have also seen some aggressive work in India by our Mumbai-based office as well as partners like Singapore Airlines, Jet Airways and Qantas in promoting Australia," he told(This article has not been edited by DNA's editorial team and is auto-generated from an agency feed.)

Source: dna May 16, 2017 08:48 UTC