Travel + Leisure India & South Asia

Luxury Travel goes Domestic

ASK ANY STAKEHOLDER about the current state of the travel market, and they will tell you that the Indian luxury traveller is ruling the roost. Luxury hotels have seen a surge in travellers over the past couple of months, and people are willing to spend more money to ensure enhanced hygiene, isolation, and exclusivity. And this is just one of the trends that the domestic luxury traveller has kick-started. Let’s look at the others.

A PARADIGM SHIFT: INDIA FIRST

The biggest shift, travel experts say, is that luxury travellers are now taking Indian destinations seriously. Shoba Mohan, founder of RARE India (), reveals, “Previously, luxury travellers would do, say, three international trips and one domestic

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