Newsstand - The Next Big Thing? In Asia, the Scramble Is on to Lure Indian Tourists

With a population of more than a billion and a middle class with money to spend that is discovering foreign vacations, India is beginning to replace China as the hot new source of travelers in Asia.

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NEW DELHI: Civil Aviation Minister Praful Patel said on Thursday he expected the country's newly regulated airline sector to boom 20 per cent annually over the next five years on the back of surging investment and traffic.

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