Indian arrivals in the United States fell 3.6 percent in March and remained stable in the first three months of Cy 2025.
Commercial tensions and restlessness among students about the strict visa regulations are slowing down the demand for travel to the United States.
In a general base, visitors from visitors abroad (excluding Mexico and Canada) in the United States decreased 11.6 percent in March in an interannual basic show of the data of the National Travel and Tourism Office (NTTO). A reduction in the arrivals of all Expt regions to Eastern Europe and Western Asia was observed.
Indian arrivals in the United States fell 3.6 percent in March and have remained stable in the first three months of CY 2025. NTTO data include leisure tourists, business visitors and students.
Registration Drop
While the president of the United States, Donald Trump, has stopped the imposition of tariffs for all countries, except China, and is negotiating trade agreements, uncertainty is to result in travel postponements. The inscriptions of Indian students in the United States have reduced and recently the revocation of study visas have been added to anxieties.
The feeling of travel in India to the United States has been significantly affected as a result of the actions of the United States government, said Ajay Bali, managing director (India), BCD Travel.
While there was a bit of Upick in April, the demand for trips to the United States in May and June is slow, said Bali, who helps global multinationals with their travel plans.
Mumbai/delhi air rates to the US. In the April-June period, there are also 5-8 percent lower than last year indicating a demand off.
Business trip
A recent survey of the Global Business Travel Association (GBTA) echoes similar Conerns. Worldwide, almost a third of corporate travel managers estimate a significant decrease in the volume of business trips in 2025 due to government policies in the United States.
“While the perspective for global business trips was incredible in 2025, our research now shows Conerns and uncertainty in our industry,” said Suzanne Neufang, CEO of GBTA.
Only 31 percent of professionals expressed optimism about the general perspectives of business trips, while 40 percent were neutral. GBTA said this marked a decrease in its last November survey when 67 percent reported an optimistic perspective for 2025 and 26 percent were neutral.
GBTA’s latest survey was based on the 905 corporate travel managers, with more than half of them based in the United States. Indian participants represented 2 percent of the total.
‘The travel industry is resistant’
However, some believe that the fears of a slowdown in trips in the United States of India are exaggerated. “It’s a business as always for us,” said a head of an online travel agency.
“Through the first months of the year, the trips and reserves of India to the United States have remained an interannual,” said Sunny Sodhi, managing director of FCM Travel India.
While Sodhi continues to trust the resilience of the travel industry, it provides for a possible change of approach to the companies.
“It is a landscape very different from what it was at the beginning of the year, and we are aware that companies can prioritize business and trade with other nations,” said Sodhi.
Posted on April 20, 2025