Indian tourists are flocking to see the beauty of Australia taking the total number of overseas travellers from the region to over 134,000 from January to October this year.

According to latest data of Tourism Australia, about 13,400 visitors from India visited Australia during October this year, an increase of 9.5 per cent compared to the same period previous year.

According to its Tourism Forecast Committee report released earlier this year, visitor arrivals from India were predicted to rise 7.5 per cent and 7.6 per cent to 163,800 in 2012-13 and 176,300 in 2013-14, respectively.

“Markets expected to experience strongest gains in visitor volumes in 2012-13 are China (15.9 per cent), Malaysia (13.9 per cent), Singapore (12.5 per cent) and India (7.5 per cent),” it said.

“This revision represents a difference of 6,500 more visitors in aggregate. In the longer term to 2021-22, average annual growth of 7.2 per cent to 306,100 visitors is expected,” the report cited while noting the trends from Indian tourists.