"India is the number four source market for Germany and on an average Indian are considered one of the top 5 spenders. We consider India to be very important market and we have set 20 lakh or 2 million overnights from India by 2030," The German National Tourist Office, India (GNTO) Director Sales and Marketing Romit Theophilus told PTI here.
He said Germany is promoting itself as a affordable and mass leisure destination.
"Traditionally, Germany is considered a business and meetings, incentives, conferences, and events (MICE) destination. We are now trying to focus promoting the country as an leisure destination as well," he added.
In 2014, Germany witnessed 6,50,103 overnights from India.
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Since the inception of the German National Tourist Office in India in 2006, Germany has seen a 73 per cent growth in visitor overnights from India, he said.
For this year Germany is targeting big and metro cities like Delhi, Mumbai, Ahmedabad, Bengaluru, Chennai and Kolkata, to promote the country, Theophilus added.
"This year our target is the big cities, but we are planning to penetrate tier II cities, which is growing, from next year. We are looking at promoting Germany is cities like, Pune, Nagpur, Lucknow, Chandigarh among others from next year," he added.
"We are trying to promote Germany as an all year round destination, for family, singles and couples. We are showcasing beautiful scenic small towns, vibrant big cities mostly for ideal for age group of over 21 years," he said.
Germany spends an average of over five lakh euros every year to promote the country in India.
The country is also well connected with over 50 direct flights between the nations from cities like Chennai, Bengaluru, Delhi, Mumbai and Pune, he added.