Singapore has secured the top position on a list of most preferred overseas destination for Indian travellers in the first-half of this year, replacing Dubai, a Hotels.com’s Hotel Price Index (HPI) survey said.
According to the recent survey, the ‘Lion City’ topped the chart marching ahead of Dubai which was the list’s numero uno during the same period last year.
The data was drawn from bookings made on thousands of hotels on Hotels.com globally.
Dubai ranks second UAE’s populous city Dubai bagged the second position this year, followed by Bangkok (Thailand).
The U.S. and U.K. continue to enthrall Indian travellers as London and New York retained the fourth and fifth spot, respectively.
Other South East Asian countries that saw maximum visitors were Hong Kong, Pattaya (Thailand) and Bali (Indonesia), the survey said.
Destinations such as Paris (France), ranked eighth in the first half of 2014, inched up by one rank this year to the seventh place followed by Hong Kong and Las Vegas at the eighth and ninth position.
Kuala Lumpur (Malaysia) which was ranked 10th last year was replaced by new entrant Bali in the first six months of 2015.
Foreign tourists Meanwhile, foreign tourists continued to reserve the top two spots for Delhi and Mumbai as preferred destinations during the first half of 2015, the report said.
IT hub Bengaluru bagged the third position, replacing Goa .
Destinations such as Chennai, Hyderabad, Jaipur and Kolkata retained their fifth, sixth, seventh and eighth position, respectively.
Pune was ranked ninth while Kochi and Thiruvananthapuram were jointly adjudged the tenth place.
