Based on a research report on Indian travellers lodging reserving traits launched by alternate lodging aggregator, Airbnb, there was over 50 % improve in general nights booked in India in Q3 2022 in comparison with the Q3 2019. From a home perspective, this development in nights booked domestically was nearly 80 % in Q3 2022.

Whereas the US, UK and cities throughout Europe function prominently in visitor searches abroad, domestically, Indians are exploring well-liked seashore locations, the hills of Himachal Pradesh and Uttarakhand in addition to the North-Japanese area.

The highest searched cities by Indians within the Q3 are London, Dubai, Paris, Toronto and New York. Domestically, Indians are exploring well-liked seashore locations the hills of Himachal Pradesh and Uttarakhand in addition to the North-Japanese area.

Whereas curiosity in historically well-liked locations stays excessive, Indians are additionally increasing their journey horizons and seeking to discover new abroad locations. Airbnb noticed a whopping improve of greater than 1250 % in searches for stays in Turkey, over 750 % improve in searches in Norway and over 625 % improve in searches for Portugal from Q3 2021 to Q3 2022, and a greater than 600 % improve in searches for South Africa. Different trending abroad locations embody Poland and Finland (each greater than 500 %), Greece (over 450 %) and South Korea (over 400 %).

For shorter getaways, Indians are having fun with reconnecting with locations domestically. Maharashtra, Karnataka, Delhi, Goa, Tamil Nadu, Kerala, Pondicherry, Himachal Pradesh, Uttarakhand and Rajasthan proceed to determine excessive on the search record of Indians domestically.

For a change, there’s a rising traction for the NorthEast area of India amongst Indian travellers. Airbnbs search information reveals a rise of over 450 % in searches for stays in Meghalaya, over 400 % improve in searches for Assam and nearly 300 % improve in searches for Nagaland from Q3 2021 to Q3 2022.

Regionally, Indian travellers are additionally exploring the favored seashore locations of Kerala (over 375 % improve in searches from Q3 2021 to Q3 2022), Goa (nearly 275 % improve in searches) and Pondicherry (over 200 % improve) in addition to the hill stations of Uttarakhand (over 100% improve in searches) and Himachal Pradesh (over 50 % improve in searched from Q3 2021 to Q3 2022).

Probably the most looked for home cities by Indians embody Delhi, Mumbai, Bengaluru, Pune, Chennai, Hyderabad, Jaipur, Kolkata, Kochi and Dehradun.