India will account for 50 million outbound tourists by 2020: Report

3.7 times increase in spend by Indian travellers taking trips to international destinations this winter

Merubhai Bharwad, a farmer from Dholka near Ahmedabad is busy planning his next international trip, one that he plans to take in around a year's time to Canada. Bharwad is an avid international traveller — he has travelled with friends and family to locations in South Asia mostly and claims to take one foreign trip in about two years. "One has plan in advance and do some cash flow management to be able to save enough for an international trip," says Bharwad who is a graduate in commerce and prefers group tours. 

Bharwad is not a lone example — many