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“India Has Become An Overpriced Dump Of A Destination,” Tourism Entrepreneur On India’s Reputation In The Tourism Sector; Netizens React

Tourism entrepreneur Anand Sankar took to X to share his two cents on the state of India’s reputation as a tourist destination.

by Tashika Tyagi
“India Has Become An Overpriced Dump Of A Destination,” Tourism Entrepreneur On India’s Reputation In The Tourism Sector; Netizens React

A tourism entrepreneur recently took to X (formerly Twitter) to talk about India’s tourism reputation. According to his post, he feels that domestic tourists are shunning India to travel abroad. Furthermore, most middle and upper-middle-class domestic tourists are not happy with the high airfares and expensive local logistics. He even talked about India’s reputation as an international destination. Scroll on to know his perspective on this.

Tourism Entrepreneur On India’s Reputation In The Tourism Sector

Anand Sankar is a tourism entrepreneur in Uttarkashi, Uttarakhand. Recently, he shared a post of a British Indian tourist who stayed in India for three years and called it “a dump.” In the post, he called Asian countries like Vietnam better than India for tourists. According to the shared post, “India is in denial about its global reputation.” In his caption, Anand said that he shares the sentiment of the man and has been “vociferously saying this for the last 2+ years.” He feels India has “become an overpriced dump of a destination.”

From his own experience, he mentions that every agent/partner from the UK, EU, Australia, and the USA questioned him about “air quality, general hygiene & cleanliness, women’s safety & incoherent chaotic internal logistics” while planning their travel to India. He added, “I haven’t seen the reputation of India in tourism as low as this. There is no optimism and mystique anymore – every potential inbound visitor is seeing the news and reading on social media.”

Not just on the international front, he feels domestic tourists are also choosing international destinations for travel now. He feels the majority of the middle and upper-middle-class domestic tourists are “put off by high domestic airfares and expensive local logistics.” Furthermore, “inbound tourism numbers have not crossed 2019 numbers after the pandemic,” he adds.

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Netizens Share Their Two Cents On This Post

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As you can imagine, this tweet by Anand Sankar on India’s reputation in the tourism sector has gone viral. Interestingly enough, the majority of the comments in this post echo his thoughts. People have shared their own experiences travelling abroad and in India and how the comparison is quite heartbreaking. Some of them even tried to explain why the tourism sector is suffering in the country. Here are some comments you cannot miss out on.

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P.S. – These are only sentiments shared by Anand Sankar and comments from his post. This is not our personal opinion. Our only aim is to make travel easier for you by putting together all the helpful information we find online.

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First Published: December 20, 2024 12:12 PM