Beach sides, warm places on Nashikites Radar in holiday season
Prashant Nikale
NASHIK: The gorgeous winter of Nashik is blooming slowly and the Nashikites are packing bags for enjoying beaches. The holiday season has started everywhere after the heavy monsoon. The weddings mahurats have also started after Diwali and couples are choosing various domestic as well as international holiday places for their honeymoon.
Datta Bhalerao, President of Travel Agents Association of Nashik (TAAN) informed, “Nashikites are choosing warm places this winter. The beach sides are also turning out to be preferred choice. The travelers have chosen Kerala as their favourite destination this year for domestic holiday travel.
As usual Dubai Festival also has takers with Dubai turining out to be international holiday destination for many. However, in the present situation, business has come down by five to ten per cent this year.” He also informed that the bookings for the domestic as well as for international holiday packages have come down.
In interstate vacation places like Matheran, Mahabaleshwar, Lonawala, and as well other hill stations are in demand. Southern India has high demand with Andaman Nicobar, Rameshwaram and beach sides being favourites. The international tourist hotspots for Nashikites in this season are Dubai, Myanmar, Mauritius, Singapore and most of the South East Asian block.
Nashikites are preferring warm places and beach sites, this winter. The bookings for domestic, international holiday packages are around 60 to 65 percent full this year.
Nashik in tourist books
While Nashikites are looking to a destination outside the city, there are many tourists from other cities and states as well as from other countries who have mapped Nashik as their choice of travel destination. The natural beauty of Nashik, the status of the wine capital of India and its religious importance is getting a good footfall of around 25,000 to Nashik. Due to its marvelous winter season, the number gets doubled in this season.