試す 金 - 無料
North India off radar as SE Asia tours lure cost-conscious Malayalis
The New Indian Express Kollam
|March 31, 2025
An increasing number of middle-class families from Kerala are choosing Southeast Asian destinations over popular Indian tourist locations to unwind this summer.
An increasing number of middle-class families from Kerala are choosing Southeast Asian destinations over popular Indian tourist locations to unwind this summer. While Thailand, Malaysia, and Bali top the chart, Vietnam has also made it to the list of preferred getaways.
Factors shaping the trend include cost—with international packages costing more or less the same and in certain cases even less—and connectivity to destinations such as Ho Chi Minh City (Vietnam) and Phuket (Thailand).
"We visited Bali and Vietnam instead of the usual north Indian locales during the last two vacations. Vietnam was very memorable, with the spectacular beaches of Da Nang and bustling Hanoi catching our imagination. The whole weekend package cost us just around ₹55,000 per head," said Vinod Kumar K S, a resident of Elamakkara, Kochi.
このストーリーは、The New Indian Express Kollam の March 31, 2025 版からのものです。
Magzter GOLD を購読すると、厳選された何千ものプレミアム記事や、10,000 以上の雑誌や新聞にアクセスできます。
すでに購読者ですか? サインイン
The New Indian Express Kollam からのその他のストーリー
The New Indian Express Kollam
Unpaid challans to push vehicles off the road
E-CHALLANS & ROAD SAFETY
1 mins
January 10, 2026
The New Indian Express Kollam
Grok restricts images after deepfake backlash
EUROPE STILL CRITICAL
1 min
January 10, 2026
The New Indian Express Kollam
Jail term, fine await owners abandoning their pet dogs
Court to states to implement stricter regulations to manage stray dog populations humanely.
1 min
January 10, 2026
The New Indian Express Kollam
Want to create a larger pool of South African players: Smith
FOUR washouts in 17 games, thanks to unseasonal rain.
2 mins
January 10, 2026
The New Indian Express Kollam
Charges framed against Lalu for running Railways as 'personal fiefdom'
A Delhi court on Friday ordered framing of charges against RJD chief and former railway minister Lalu Prasad Yadav, his wife and former CM Rabri Devi, and their son and former Deputy CM Tejashwi Yadav in the alleged land-for-jobs scam.
1 min
January 10, 2026
The New Indian Express Kollam
After BJP poaches on Cong, Shinde ties up with Ajit's NCP
A major political twist unfolded in the Ambarnath Nagar Parishad in Maharashtra, dealing a setback to the BJP despite its move to induct 12 expelled Congress corporators.
1 mins
January 10, 2026
The New Indian Express Kollam
Rogue elephant kills two more in J’khand, toll reaches 22 in nine days
AFTER a 48-hour pause, the killer elephant once again trampled two more people to death on Friday, while an employee of the forest department, who was deployed to drive it into the jungles, was critically injured and is battling for life.
1 min
January 10, 2026
The New Indian Express Kollam
MIND ECOLOGICAL BALANCE WHILE RAISING TEAK OUTPUT
NDIA now needs to import an expensive product it once was the leading producer of.
1 mins
January 10, 2026
The New Indian Express Kollam
Assam gifts rhinos, cobras to MP, to receive tigers
A vast stretch of dense forests in eastern Madhya Pradesh, which were once used by the armed Naxal cadres as the passage to further their expansion plans, will now be home to wild buffalos that reportedly became extinct in the state over 100 years ago.
1 mins
January 10, 2026
The New Indian Express Kollam
Cong may not field its MPs in assembly polls
THE Congress leadership is unlikely to allow sitting MPs to contest in the coming assembly elections, despite several of them expressing interest following the party’s strong showing in the recent local body elections, AICC sources said.
1 min
January 10, 2026
Listen
Translate
Change font size