India’s travel trends 2025: Indians are no longer waiting for their one big vacation of the year. A Scapia report suggests that frequent travel for experiences has become the biggest trend in travel in 2025. With flight bookings growing over five times, and over 113 currencies spent across 174 countries, Indians have maximised travel as much as they can. From long weekends to vacations, the report predicts an average of three trips a year by 2026.
In an age where ‘off-beat’ no longer meant ‘hard to reach’, Indian travellers were in the hunt for their new normal. Scapia revealed that the one-year-one-holiday model quickly became obsolete. Increased travel was seen in flight surges and accommodation bookings. Here’s how and where Indians travelled this year.
From occasional to habitual
As Indians spend more on travel, they redeem more to plan their next trip on third-party platforms. This is reflected in the global nature of the shift in higher exchange of foreign currency, and journeys governed by experience, more than sightseeing.
“People are no longer waiting for one big holiday; they are weaving multiple, shorter trips into their year, increasingly anchored around experiences that matter to them. Travel has become a continuous mindset,” shared Scapia CEO Anil Goteti.
Where Indians are going
The geographic spread of travel widened significantly in 2025. Domestically, travellers booked trips to destinations such as Ziro (Arunachal Pradesh), Pakyong (Sikkim), Jagdalpur (Chhattisgarh) and Pasighat (Arunachal Pradesh). Internationally, the Scapia Fedral Credit Card was used across 113 currencies in 174 countries, including Tashkent (Uzbekistan), Luang Prabang (Laos), Barbados (Caribbean) and Puerto Princesa (Philippines).
What 2026 means for Indian travel
The determining factor for travel will not be distance anymore – but frequency. With the overall decline of annual vacations, Indians are looking at thinking about their next trip, while being on one. “Repeatable trips will outperform the once-a-year long holiday,” reported Scapia. Naturally, the duration will be much shorter, as low as 48 hours, as travellers mix weekend breaks, work-enabled stays and international trips.
