The Indian hospitality industry sees the US and UKÂ markets as its bread and butter, while new pastures are said to be China, Japan and Russia. However, Mexico certainly should command some attention given this latest piece of data: according to the latest Hotel Price Index (HPI) report by Hotels.com, travellers from Mexico parted with the most money to stay in India. They paid on an average Rs7,766 in 2012 which is 19 per cent more than what they paid in 2011.
Travellers from the Middle East came in second at Rs7,670 followed by the Japanese at Rs7,648. Further, there was a good spread of nationalities in the Top 10 with two more from Asia as well as two from North America and one each from Europe, Latin America. Of the key inbound markets, the Americans stood fifth at Rs7,448 after a 7 per cent increase and the British were at ninth on Rs6,941.
Of the 32 nations included in the report, 25 paid more in 2012 than the previous year.
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