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Thrillophilia Releases ‘India Multi-Day Travel Index 2025’, Mapping How Indians Actually Travelled
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....hrillophilia Releases ‘India Multi-Day Travel Index 2025’, Mapping How Indians Actually Travelled<BR>PTI News<BR>Dated:- 22-1-2026<BR>PTI<BR>New Delhi: Thrillophilia has released the India Multi-Day Travel Index 2025, a comprehensive data-led report analysing how Indian leisure travel evolved across domestic and international destinations over the past three years. Unlike traditional tourism r....
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....eports based on arrivals or search intent, the index is built on executed multi-day tour data, capturing how trips were actually planned, operated and completed. The analysis draws from aggregated bookings, itinerary design patterns, traveller segmentation and on-ground fulfilment data across India, Asia, Europe and long-haul markets. According to the report, Indian leisure travel in 2025 underw....
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....ent a structural shift, moving away from checklist-style, fast-paced itineraries toward slower, more deliberate multi-day journeys. Travellers increasingly prioritised predictability, comfort and experience depth over destination count. Key Behavioural Shifts Identified The index highlights several major changes in how Indians travelled in 2025: • Custom itineraries overtook fixed group tours,....
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.... as travellers across segments opted for personalised routing and flexible pacing • Families emerged as the fastest-growing travel segment, influencing trip design toward fewer transitions and longer stays • Short-haul international destinations dominated volume, while long-haul travel skewed toward higher spend and selective itineraries • Repeat travel increased across mature destinations, ....
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....particularly Europe and parts of Southeast Asia The report notes that Indian travellers increasingly broke large trips into multiple focused journeys rather than attempting exhaustive coverage in a single visit. Domestic Travel: Beyond the Usual Circuits Within India, the index found strong growth beyond traditional hotspots. Destinations such as the Northeast, Ladakh, Kashmir and experiential G....
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....oa saw rising demand, driven by improved connectivity and interest in slower, experience-led travel. States like Rajasthan and Kerala continued to attract high multi-day demand, supported by heritage depth, festival-led travel and reliable infrastructure. The Northeast emerged as one of the fastest-climbing domestic regions, particularly among younger and repeat travellers. International Trave....
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....l: Fewer Countries, Longer Stays On the international front, Indian travel to Europe showed a marked change in format. While destinations such as Switzerland, Italy and France continued to lead demand, the way they were travelled changed significantly. The index recorded a decline in high-coverage, multi-country Europe itineraries and a rise in two- to three-country trips, longer stays per city,....
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.... scenic rail journeys and countryside-based exploration. Similar patterns were observed in Japan and select Southeast Asian destinations. Segment-Led Travel Redefines Itinerary Design The report also maps how different traveller segments influenced trip formats: • Families prioritised comfort, predictable routing and hotel quality • Honeymooners and couples favoured privacy, slower pacing an....
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....d experiential stays • Luxury and premium travellers focused on depth, regional immersion and execution reliability • Gen Z travellers showed higher trip frequency, off-season travel and openness to emerging destinations Across segments, travellers showed a higher willingness to spend when trips reduced fatigue and uncertainty. Why Multi-Day Data Matters The India Multi-Day Travel Index 2025....
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....–26 is based on operated itineraries, not listings or intent data. This approach captures what travellers actually experienced on the ground — including routing decisions, stay durations, transfer patterns and itinerary modifications. The data has been compiled by Thrillophilia, which operates multi-day tours across domestic and international markets and tracks aggregated travel behaviour th....
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....rough end-to-end trip execution. A More Deliberate Indian Traveller The report concludes that Indian leisure travel has entered a more mature phase. Rather than maximising coverage, travellers are optimising for time efficiency, comfort and outcome certainty, reshaping how destinations are experienced. The India Multi-Day Travel Index 2025–26 aims to serve as a reference for destinations, po....
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....licymakers and industry stakeholders seeking to understand how Indian travel behaviour is evolving beyond headline tourism numbers. (Disclaimer: The above press release comes to you under an arrangement with NRDPL and PTI takes no editorial responsibility for the same.). PTI PWR<BR> News - Press release - PIB....