Dignity Travels https://dignitytravels.in/blog Fri, 11 Jan 2019 09:19:16 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=5.0.2 https://dignitytravels.in/blog/wp-content/uploads/2019/01/Destiny-150x150.png Dignity Travels https://dignitytravels.in/blog 32 32 156743198 Holiday Trends https://dignitytravels.in/blog/2019/01/09/holiday-trends/ https://dignitytravels.in/blog/2019/01/09/holiday-trends/#respond Wed, 09 Jan 2019 14:49:24 +0000 https://dignitytravels.in/blog/?p=9 The holiday season is upon us. Domestic destinations like Goa, Kerala, Udaipur and Jaipur have alwaysbeen in demand during the winter season; however, in recent times more and more Indians are headingtowards international destinations to welcome New Year in their lives. In fact, the increase ininternational traffic due to tourism is outpacing domestic traffic. And here is what’s more wonderful:tier-2 and tier-3 cities are leading this increase in numbers which is path breaking news for bothholidaymakers and tourist industry alike. Due to steady rise of income and increase in number of peoplestarting small-scale businesses that are turning out to be promising and sustainable, more and moretravelers from smaller cities are opting for both domestic and international holidays.

Saujanya Shrivastava, group chief marketing officer of Makemytrip.com, says that the growth ofinternational traffic due to tourism is thanks to recent rise of low-cost airlines as well as directinternational flights between the most desired tourist destinations. So what are the most desired placesthat everyone is headed to? Here’s what the figures say! (database from Makemytrip, VFS Global andCountryside Adventure)

Winter holidays 2018

25% increase in Indian tourists planning holidays in 2018 as against 2017

70%   growth in Indians holidaying overseas

15% rise in Indians taking domestic trips

61%  of Indians plan holidays around Christmas

39%  of Indians opt for holidays ahead of New Year

Top Favorite Destination for Indians—Domestic

Goa

Udaipur                       

Jaisalmer

Manali

Top Favorite Destination for Indians—International

Thailand

Dubai

Singapore

Malaysia

Sri Lanka

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