World Tourism Day – Rethinking tourism: Emerging travel trends that are shaping the new Indian traveller’s preferences
World Tourism Day – Rethinking tourism: Emerging travel trends that are shaping the new Indian traveler’s preferences The need for travel and the urge to explore have long served as key motivators for travellers prior to the onset of the pandemic but have since gained a renewed purpose as the world reverts to normalcy. On the occasion of World Tourism Day, we are reminded of the importance and value tourism can bring to an individual, a community and an economy at large. As we continue to navigate how we travel in a post-pandemic world, travellers and their interests are rapidly evolving, and the building blocks of the tourism industry can be largely contributed to the preferences and sentiments that form the traveller’s choices. This can be observed through the emergence and sustenance of the following travel trends: Pent-up demand and stalled travel itineraries are guiding traveller ambitions As the world continues to gradually reopen, a newfound sense of traveller optimism has also