In this issue

Greetings from Team 𝙄𝙣𝙙𝙞𝙖 𝙊𝙪𝙩𝙗𝙤𝙪𝙣𝙙.
🌟👉🏽The September-October 𝟮𝟬𝟮𝟯 issue of 𝙄𝙣𝙙𝙞𝙖 𝙊𝙪𝙩𝙗𝙤𝙪𝙣𝙙 is out. One of the several niches of the outbound travel market in India relates to educational tourism, or short-term field trips organised by colleges and schools to give an exposure to some landmark sites of learning and technological excellence, with a fair bit of leisure and pleasure thrown in. As with almost every other part of outbound travel from India, educational tourism, too, is booming and attracting newer players. Read in this issue, how the incumbents are warding off the new entrants and how the market is expanding rapidly to Tier II cities across India.
In this issue, we also bring you an eyewitness account of a unique spiritual and cultural celebration in Spain, the Templar Nights celebration on first full moon night of the summer, that marks the return of victorious Templar Knights from Jerusalem to Ponferrada, a tiny town in Castilla-y-Leon province.
Other 𝑯𝒊𝒈𝒉𝒍𝒊𝒈𝒉𝒕𝒔 𝒐𝒇 𝒕𝒉𝒊𝒔 𝒊𝒔𝒔𝒖𝒆:
𝐂𝐢𝐭𝐲-𝐛𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐤: San Antonio: Deep Dive in Diversity
𝐒𝐮𝐬𝐭𝐚𝐢𝐧𝐚𝐛𝐢𝐥𝐢𝐭𝐲: Heatwaves: Will Winter be the New Summer?
𝐈𝐧𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐯𝐢𝐞𝐰: Ankush Nijhawan, Co-founder and Managing Director, TBO
𝐄𝐧𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐭𝐚𝐢𝐧𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭: Cabarets: Much More Than Song & Dance
𝐄𝐱𝐩𝐞𝐫𝐢𝐞𝐧𝐜𝐞: Sauntering in Switzerland
Read the 𝑺𝒆𝒑𝒕𝒆𝒎𝒃𝒆𝒓-𝑶𝒄𝒕𝒐𝒃𝒆𝒓 2023 issue for features on several other destination reports, experiences and interviews with travel industry leaders.

Catching Them Young

One of the fastest growing segments of tourism in the post-pandemic era, in terms of outbound tourism from India, has been educational tourism, where students are taken on short-term visits combining learning with sight-seeing and pleasure.

9 mins

Where Leisure Is Learning

In a classroom, one might be compelled to study. But they say the whole world is just a giant classroom and learning is ceaseless! While an educational trip can be to any part of the world, some cities remain all-time favourites, with an ideal mix of some of the world's best learning centres and leisure activities.

3 mins

Pilgrims' Parade of Ponferrada: SOAKING IN SPANISH SPIRITUALITY

Every summer, under the first full moon, the tiny but immensely significant Spanish town of Ponferrada in northwestern Spain travels back to the 12th century as thousands of Templar Knights converge to celebrate the Night of Templars.

9 mins

My goal is to make TBO world's largest B2B platform

In past 17 years, TBO, a leading B2B travel portal, has grown rapidly with presence in over 100 countries. Ankush Nijhawan, co-founder & Managing Director says a lot of hard work & grabbing the opportunities that came along have gone into the growth and that he aims to make TBO the largest B2B platform in the world.

6 mins

San Antonio: Deep Dive in Diversity

Many things go into making San Antonio, in Texas, a great destination for visitors from the United States and around the world. From its famous River Walk and the Mexican markets to its diverse culinary and cultural heritage.

7 mins

Heatwaves: Will Winter Be The New European Summer?

With rising temperatures and frequent heatwaves, tourism industry and tourists, especially in Europe, ought to begin preparing for a dramatic shift from summer travel to winter. Destinations should start preparing their industry for the coming upheaval.

10 mins

Very robust demand in India for United

With robust demand for its product, American carrier United Airlines that has been present in India for 18 years is keen to ramp up capacity in India, but hampered by the closure of Russian airspace due to Russia-Ukraine war. Harvinder Singh, Director, Middle East & India, of United says the airline is aiming to launch five flights to India at the earliest.

3 mins

A ROAD TRIP THROUGH TUSCANY'S TINY GEMS

A road trip is the best way to traverse the idyllic Tuscan countryside which, just like fine Italian wine, must be savoured, a sip at a time, rather than gulped down.

5 mins

Cabarets: Much More Than Song & Dance

Behind cabaret's racy sagas lie veiled political satires and caustic takes on norms. A glittering orchestra, using bawdy punches and raising unsettling questions, the traditional cabaret has travelled around the world to morph into new themes and styles in every place and era that it was brought into.

8 mins

SAUNTERING IN SWITZERLAND

Located almost in the heart of Switzerland, Lucerne is an ideal base to explore some of the Swiss landmarks, notably Mount Titlis and Mount Pilatus.

10 mins

MAURITIUS: IN THE WATER, BY THE WATER & ON THE WATER

As an island destination, Mauritius certainly does not lack water-oriented or water-based activities. From a submarine safari to a catamaran cruise and from beach to a bay, the tropical paradise has it all.

4 mins

Frames from Arabian artistry

Although primarily known as an adventure and leisure hub in the GCC heart, Yas Island in UAE is also keen to position itself as a cultural destination, with an assortment of museums and other cultural venues.

3 mins

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India Outbound Magazine Description:

India Outbound is a magazine promoting Foreign Destinations in India. India is one of the fastest growing tourism markets not only in France but all over Europe. In 2010, over 12 million Indians travelled overseas as against 5.5 million visitors to India...