Tied to your desk when half the colleagues are on leave in the last week of 2017? Or haven’t bumped into your next-door neighbour in the elevator? They are probably holidaying on the snow-capped peaks of Manali or splurging at the Dubai Shopping Festival.
These are among the destinations Indians are headed for to usher in the New Year, according to travel companies. Domestic travel jumped 15 percent this year-end, while international travel has gone up by 18 percent, Cox and Kings said. Last year, the industry had taken a hit after the note ban led to a cash crunch.
Goa, Kochi, Kolkata, Port Blair and Jaipur are among the top domestic destinations for weddings, a survey by Paytm found. Dubai, Colombo, Male, Krabi and Hong Kong are on the itinerary of Indians looking to tie the knot abroad.
And mobile is increasingly becoming the preferred booking platform with 59 percent of the overall transactions being done through it, MakeMyTrip said.
Here’s the list of top global and domestic destinations Indians are travelling to for the New Year party.
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