Canada eyes double-digit tourist growth from India

The Canadian government has stepped up efforts to attract more visitors in 2017

Canada's tourism board is expecting double-digit growth in tourist arrivals from India in 2017 with the introduction of a new non-stop flight between Mumbai and Toronto.

The number of Indians visiting Canada for leisure and business has doubled in the last six years. Canada received 215,664 Indian visitors in 2016, a rise of 13.2 per cent over the previous year.

“We are anticipating double-digit growth this year with the launch of the Air Canada service to Mumbai from July,” said Sanjeet, India representative of Destination Canada. Apart from new flights, tourism is also being driven by meetings and incentive tour