Nearly 49 % of travellers from Chennai are keen to head to less-travelled destinations, the highest when compared to other south Indian cities - Bengaluru, Hyderabad, Thiruvananthapuram, and Visakhapatnam - a survey shows.
According to the findings of ‘South India Travel Insights 2025’, a survey commissioned by Scoot airline, a low cost subsidiary of Singapore Airlines, and done by YouGuv, covered five south Indian cities Chennai, Bengaluru, Hyderabad, Thiruvananthapuram, and Visakhapatnam looked at travel preference, budget, factors in choosing destination and intent to travel to off beat locations among others.
One of the key findings of the survey is that travellers from South India are increasingly seeking unique and personal travel experiences; those from Chennai are specifically more eager about going to unconventional destinations. “[Locations like] Bangkok, Bali, Singapore, and Kuala Lumpur will always remain popular. Now, people are looking beyond these places for other experiences. In Chennai people are more open to experimenting with new destinations,” Brian Torrey, General Manager of India and West Asia at Scoot said.
The survey indicates, Chennai travellers want to explore Krabi in Thailand, Kota Kinabalu in Malaysia, Chiang Rai in Thailand, Darwin in Australia, and Cebu in Philippines.
