The top Indian destinations preferred by overseas travellers are New Delhi, Chennai and then Mumbai, said a report by an online hotel booking site.
The report said that Indian metros continued to dominate the top 10 favourite destinations list amongst international travellers in the first half of 2016. “The capital city of India, New Delhi bagged the number one spot as the most preferred Indian destination for overseas travellers, followed by the metropolitan city of Chennai and the city of dreams, Mumbai respectively,” said the report by Hotels.com
Other popular destinations for travellers included India’s cultural hub – Kolkata, Bengaluru – the garden city, Hyderabad – the city of pearls and India’s IT hub – Pune occupying the fifth, sixth, seventh and eighth positions respectively. Goa, the famous beach and leisure destination of India continued to be the fourth most preferred destination among foreign travellers while India’s city of love – Agra secured the tenth spot. Kochi known as God’s own country moved out of the top 10 preferred destinations, making way for the ‘Manchester of the east’ – Ahmedabad as the new emerging destination preferred by international tourists occupying the ninth spot.