Where do the Indians look forward to go for holidaying nowadays?
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After months of being stuck at home, Jayati Tripathi and her family decided it was time for a holiday. The Raipur resident was looking for someplace secluded, where they could be amidst nature, soaking it all in. Tripathi came across Bhoramdeo Jungle Retreat in Chaura, Chhattisgarh, a village where there have been zero Covid cases. "The jungles are beautiful and have not yet been commercialised. We went hiking with the family and my two dogs played in the river that flows through the jungle. It was beautiful," says Tripathi.With foreign travel mostly out of the picture (except for Maldives which has suddenly become a holiday hotspot) as well as crowded sightseeing spots, people are searching for destinations that are truly off the beaten track. Dhruv Baruah runs Katie's Abode, a homestay in Hartola, Uttarakhand, a small hill town near Mukteshwar. "Hartola has 150 houses where mostly locals live, and some second homes and homestays. The main reason people have been coming here is that there are less people," he says. Most tourists have been staying for 15 days and working from there.Media professional Rahul recently took his 8-year-old son on a trip to Hartola. "It was a great father-son bonding experience. We would pack food and just walk around the area. My parents are quite old so their safety was important while choosing the destination," says the Noida-based single father.Activities at homestays have also been made Covid-friendly, says Sunny Upadhyay who runs the Chawra jungle retreat with his wife Deeptie. "We used to do village tours, but now we take people cycling, for riverside lunches and moonlight dinners. We also take them to see the fireflies that are here."
Bhagwan Singh Rana, a 65-year-old ex-army officer, knows a little something about building a hill station from the ground up. In 1991, he started Doli Guesthouse in Jibhi Valley where he had grown up. From a handful of drop-ins in the 90s to today, when the valley, while not widely known, is attracting tourists who want something other than Shimla and Manali. "People feel safe here. It isn't the same amount of people coming, because foreigners can't come but Indian travellers have started coming since September 1," he says.It's not just hill stations either, Samir Shah who runs Tamarind21, a sprawling homestay in Karjat, Maharashtra, says occupancy has been higher than it was pre-lockdown. Located 100km from Mumbai, his property is in the middle of a forest, 20km away from Karjat town "People are fed up with the lockdown. They want to go out but they need security that the place is infection-free," says Shah, pointing out that the 21-acre home only hosts one family at a time and is entirely self-contained. "Almost every weekend since mid-June has been booked.Dr Gayatri Rao spent a weekend in Karjat and said her family had a blast. "I have a child who is autistic so I like taking him amid nature," she says. They spent the weekend wading in the swimming pool and enjoying the fresh air. Some have taken notice of this burgeoning interest in more remote locations. Manish Bharadwaj, just bought a hotel in Kanatal, Uttarakhand. "More people are looking for something less congested. They want open space, not much contact with other tourists while also having good internet connectivity. That's why places like Kanatal, Tehri and Dhanaulti are getting more popular."
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As it homes the world's most beautiful monument, Taj Mahal, it reigns supreme in the list of famous tourist places in India. This white falls in the list of Seven Wonders of the World. Agra city also includes places such as Fatehpur Sikri, Agra Fort, Akbar's tomb, Ram Bagh and Sikandra Fort.