The metros continue to hold attraction for tourists as these big cities are among the 10 most popular destinations preferred by travellers,according to a study.
8220;New Delhi is the preferred destination for both domestic as well as overseas travellers. In fact,each of large cities like New Delhi,Mumbai,Chennai and Bangalore hold identical positions as popular destinations 8212; both in the preferred list of global as well as domestic travellers.
8220;Apart from the leading metros,Goa,Jaipur and Hyderabad also feature in both the lists,8221; says a report by Hotels.com8217;s hotel price index report.
Goa comes in as the fifth most preferred destination for domestic travellers,it says.
Hill stations like Manali in Himachal Pradesh and Ooty in Tamil Nadu continue to lure domestic travellers by ranking seven and 10,respectively.
Jaipur comes sixth for domestic travellers,while international tourists show more preference for the pink city at fifth and Agra at the seventh position.
Hyderabad seems to be more popular with foreign travellers at the sixth place in the international list and at the eighth position in the domestic travel list.
While travelling abroad,Indians tend to choose South Asian destinations over Europe and the Americas as nine Asian cities are among the top 20 global destinations for outbound tourists.
Singapore topped overseas destination followed by Bangkok,London,Hong Kong,New York and Dubai.