Riding on India’s position as one of its fastest-growing source markets, Tourism New Zealand brought down curtains on 2025 with a sharp focus on conversion, connectivity and seasonality. Gregg Wafelbakker, Regional Director for Asia at Tourism New Zealand shares the details with T3.

In 2024, a total of 710,688 Indian tourists visited Indonesia, a 17% increase from the previous year. Indian tourists were the second biggest visitors to Bali after Australians. Indonesian Ambassador in India, Ina H. Krisnamurthi shared more with T3 on the sidelines of a recent activation hosted by Indonesian Ministry of Tourism with support of their India representative, OMPL Group.

With Vietnam emerging as a top choice for Indian travellers, recent online reports reaffirm the trend. In the first five months of 2025 alone, Vietnam welcomed over 9.2 million international tourists, a 21.3% year-on-year increase. Building on the strong momentum of 2024, the country now targets 23 million international arrivals in 2025, aiming to surpass pre-pandemic records.