New Delhi, April 8 -- Marriott International aims to increase the number of hotel rooms to 50,000 in India, from about 30,000 it currently operates, in about five years, as the US-based hospitality company is upbeat on rising prosperity and booming domestic tourism in Asia's third-largest economy.

Rajeev Menon, Marriott International's president for the Asia Pacific region (excluding China), said that India has remained in a "pretty sound state" when it comes to the company's hospitality business. Hotel operators have seen robust returns in the past couple of years, as people went on a revenge travel after being confined to their homes for more than two years since the covid-led lockdown of March 2020.

"This is a long term, stable kind ...