Booking.com Bets Big on India's Booming Tourism Sector

Booking.com prioritizes expansion in India, viewing it as a key player in global tourism. The company is heavily investing in the Indian market, expecting tourism's GDP contribution to double. Country Manager Santosh Kumar highlights India's infrastructural growth and job creation in the sector over the next decade.

Booking.com is focusing on India as a significant part of its global expansion strategy, particularly in the travel and tourism sector, according to Santosh Kumar, the company's Country Manager for India, Maldives, Sri Lanka, and Indonesia.

In an interview with PTI, Kumar expressed confidence in the Indian market, emphasizing that the platform continues to make substantial investments in the country. Alongside Brazil and Japan, India is among the priority markets outside the US where Booking.com is keen to expand.

Kumar highlighted India's growing GDP, improved infrastructure, and increased foreign direct investment as positive signs, suggesting the tourism industry's contribution to GDP might double in coming years, potentially creating 58 million jobs over the next nine years.

(With inputs from agencies.)