Airfares up 60%, bookings down by nearly a third, and revenues hit by up to an average 20%: India’s outbound travel market has gone under strain as West Asia’s airspace had shut down key corridors. Yet demand endures, redirecting sharply towards short-haul Asian destinations and domestic travel, reshaping how, not whether Indians travel. T3 spoke to the agents to dig in deeper, an exclusive report

Discussions at the event, scheduled from August 12 to 13 in Delhi, will focus on Milestones for achieving India’s USD 3 trillion tourism vision; Creating a pan-India tourism growth narrative; Deepening Centre-State-Industry alignment; Urgent steps to increase Inbound Tourism to India; Making tourism a concurrent subject in the Constitution; Securing export industry status for tourism and Reforming