Overview
- Cleartrip identifies Uttar Pradesh as the most-visited state of 2025, with stay searches tripling for Prayagraj and quadrupling for Bareilly.
- Gen Z bookings surged 650%, with 66% of overall reservations made on phones and increases in UPI and credit card use of 6% and 8%, respectively.
- Interest shifted toward experience-led travel, as traffic to Varanasi and the Andaman Islands rose about 20%, and Vietnam emerged as the breakout international destination with a 133% jump.
- Solo travel gained traction led by Delhi and Bengaluru, with Delhi travellers heading to Himachal Pradesh, Jaipur and Agra, and Bengaluru travellers favoring Coorg, Ooty and Kodaikanal.
- Spending diverged sharply, spanning an INR 0 flight and an INR 48 stay to big-ticket purchases such as INR 2,40,000 on Delhi–Guwahati, INR 4,43,000 on Paris–Mumbai, an INR 4,41,000 Maldives hotel, and INR 65,000 in excess baggage.