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According to a research report on accommodation booking trends of Indian travelers published by another accommodation aggregator, Airbnbthere was an increase of more than 50% in the total number of nights booked in India in the third quarter of 2022 compared to the third quarter of 2019. From a national perspective, this growth in nights booked nationally was almost 80% in the third quarter of 2022.

While the US, UK and cities in Europe feature prominently in overseas customer searches, domestically, Indians are exploring popular beach destinations, the hills of Himachal Pradesh and Uttarakhand as well as the Northeast region.

The most searched cities by Indians during the third quarter are London, Dubai, Paris, Toronto and New York. Domestically, Indians are exploring the popular beach destinations of the hills of Himachal Pradesh and Uttarakhand as well as the northeastern region.

While interest in traditionally popular destinations remains high, Indians are also expanding their travel horizons and looking to explore new destinations abroad. Airbnb saw a huge increase of more than 1250% in searches for stays in Turkey, an increase of more than 750% in searches in Norway and more than 625% in searches for Portugal from the third quarter of 2021 to the third quarter of 2022, and an increase of over 600% in searches. for South Africa. Other popular overseas destinations include Poland and Finland (over 500% each), Greece (over 450%) and South Korea (over 400%).

For shorter getaways, Indians like to reconnect with national destinations. Maharashtra, Karnataka, Delhi, Goa, Tamil NaduKerala, PondicherryHimachal Pradesh, Uttarakhand and Rajasthan continue to be high on the wanted list of Indians in the country.

To change, there is a growing pull for the Northeast region of India among Indian travellers. Airbnbs search data shows an increase of more than 450% in searches for staycations in Meghalaya, an increase of more than 400% in searches for Assam and an increase of nearly 300% in searches for Nagaland from third quarter 2021 to third quarter 2022.

Locally, Indian travelers are also exploring the popular beach destinations of Kerala (over 375% increase in searches Q3 2021 to Q3 2022), Goa (almost 275% increase in searches) and Pondicherry (over 200 % increase) as well as hill stations in Uttarakhand (over 100% increase in searches) and Himachal Pradesh (over 50% increase in searches Q3 2021 to Q3 2022) .

The most popular cities for Indians are Delhi, Mumbai, Bengaluru, Pune, Chennai, Hyderabad, Jaipur, Kolkata, Kochi and Dehradun.