Articles tagged “india outbound”

Thailand is shifting from reassurance to access, betting that easier travel and deeper ties with China's interior will restore Chinese arrivals before rivals like Malaysia turn their gains into lasting market share.

Scapia won’t fight online travel agencies on price. Instead, this travel fintech is betting that everyday spending, loyalty rewards, and payments will determine where the next generation of travelers book trips.

Four years to scale to 550 aircraft and 200 million passengers. Four years to build a widebody business while Air India races down the same long-haul runway. The clock is ticking for IndiGo.

In one corner stands India’s most influential political leader appealing for no foreign travel. In the other, a middle class obsessed with global holidays, luxury getaways, and Instagram-worthy weddings abroad. The industry is caught in the middle.

How tourism is being used as a diplomatic weapon

Geopolitics no longer hovers in the background for travel, it shows up directly in booking numbers. It could be a diplomatic freeze, or a conflict nowhere near your destination. Demand vanishes or, almost worse, reroutes overnight to a competitor destination that was ready to catch it.

The harsh stance of Indian travelers against Turkey is not dampening the Middle Eastern country’s spirits and efforts in reaching out to this market. Instead, it is looking at ways to bypass the nationalism-driven sentiments, and catch demand where it can.

India's travel stakeholders need to start converting cultural depth into bookable, premium products.

India is one of the fastest-growing outbound travel markets, one of the largest domestic travel ecosystems, and an underpenetrated inbound destination. The Skift India Travel Scorecard shows clear, comparable data on how India is actually performing relative to its peers.

The U.S. may be regaining Chinese visitors, but it’s losing ground with higher-spending Indian travelers – and the Trump effect is in force.