The World Travel and Tourism Council (WTTC) has announced that India will host the WTTC Global Summit in 2027.\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n The event will bring leading global travel and tourism CEOs and government leaders to New Delhi, with the destination selected following a highly competitive process.<\/p>\n The WTTC has characterised India as one of the world\u2019s fastest growing travel and tourism economies and the 2027 Summit will provide a global platform to showcase India\u2019s tourism offering, the strength of its domestic visitor economy and its growing appeal to international travellers.<\/p>\n \u201cWe are delighted to bring the world\u2019s most important Travel & Tourism event to India in 2027, chosen from among 21 destinations,\u201d WTTC chairman Manfredi Lefebvre d\u2019Ovidio said.<\/p>\n \u201cNew Delhi will provide the perfect stage for global leaders to come together, drive collaboration, and continue shaping the future of the sector.\u201d<\/p>\n India is emerging as one of the world\u2019s fastest-growing travel and tourism economies. According to WTTC\u2019s latest Economic Impact Research, the sector contributed US$263.6 billion (roughly AU $377 billion) to India\u2019s economy in 2025, growing by 7.3 per cent and supporting 46.2 million jobs \u2013 more than one in every ten jobs in the country.<\/p>\n The momentum is expected to continue. WTTC forecasts that travel and tourism\u2019s contribution to India\u2019s economy will grow by 8.5 per cent in 2026, reaching roughly AU$409 billion, while supporting 48.1 million jobs.<\/p>\n Domestic visitor spending reached AU$290 billion in 2025, accounting for 86 per cent of total travel and tourism spending, while international visitor spending represents a significant opportunity for further expansion.<\/p>\n WTTC\u2019s research projects that India will move from being the world\u2019s 10th-largest Travel & Tourism economy to fourth by 2036, with the sector projected to reach AU$754 billion.<\/p>\n WTTC president and CEO, Gloria Guevara, said that India is a country with extraordinary tourism potential and a sector that is already delivering remarkable economic growth.<\/p>\n \u201cIts scale, ambition and growing global connectivity make it a natural place to bring the world\u2019s Travel & Tourism leaders together,\u201d Guevara said.<\/p>\n \u201cThis will be an opportunity to showcase the country to our global membership, strengthen public-private partnerships and look at how India can capture even more of the international demand that is driving the next chapter of global Travel & Tourism.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n kabarsula SLOT <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" The World Travel and Tourism Council (WTTC) has announced that India will host the WTTC…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2893,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2892","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-kabarsula"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/kabarsula.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2892","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/kabarsula.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/kabarsula.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kabarsula.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kabarsula.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2892"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/kabarsula.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2892\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kabarsula.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2893"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/kabarsula.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2892"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kabarsula.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2892"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kabarsula.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2892"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}![\"WTTC](\"https:\/\/travelweekly.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/WTTC-Press-conference--1024x683.jpeg\"\/)
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