Travel industry hit by terror not recession

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Posted: Wednesday, Dec 10, 2008 at 1347 hrs IST
Updated: Wednesday, Dec 10, 2008 at 1347 hrs IST

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New Delhi: than population of some smaller countries. India's USD 1.75 billion travel market is the fourth largest in Asia Pacific. According to a report, tourism market in India is actually ahead of China, Korea and Taiwan," he says.

One of the main targets of online bookings – the middle income group – has been responding quite well to the benefits being offered by it, he says.

"There are several benefits for the middle income group – control over your travel plans, convenience to book from anywhere and anytime, transparent prices and choice of several airlines, hotels and activities to suit every budget."

Even budget travellers have a large bouquet of travel options to choose from, which allows people to select date of travel, class of flight they desire, and even the type of room in any hotel of their choice, all within their budget.

Customers even have the choice to pay in rupee without conversion to foreign currency, Blume says.

"Today, portals provide competitive pricing with right kind of travel package for various budgets, convenience through tremendous planning flexibility, widest range of choices with over 500 airline options, several thousand hotels and many varieties of activities", Singh says.

Travel portals in India are working together with several international tourism boards to promote Indian destinations in US, Europe and Asia Pacific, he says.

"The online travel network offers great opportunity for domestic tourism boards, hoteliers and airlines to promote themselves according to the desired effect and keeping the target audience in mind," he adds....

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