Europe tour prices have come down by Rs 15,000-20,000, tour and travel operator Thomas Cook told NDTV. The discounted prices are owing to the fall in the value of the euro, it said.
"The response to summer vacation bookings has been quite bullish right now. The exchange movement which has been happening right now, the fall down of euro has actually brought down the price of tours for Rs 15000-20000," said Jatinder Paul Singh, senior vice president, head-Leisure Travel, Thomas Cook.
"Last year 2014 the euro was trailing somewhere close to 82, currently it's been trailing at 67," he added
Thomas Cook said there is a clear uptick in the number of passengers choosing Europe as their holiday destination.
"We've been seeing an upward forwarding trend at say about 27-30 per cent upside over last year. It is the number of passengers we are talking about. So we've been seeing a lot of new 27-30 per cent more passengers been opting for Europe," Mr Singh said.
The travel and tour operator said owing to many long weekend holidays during the year, the demand for trips to nearby international holiday destinations have also seen a surge.
"We also seen a trend in terms of weekend holidays so destination which are surrounding like Dubai, Singapore, Malaysia, Maldives, Mauritius, is also seeing similar kind of upside trends, largely because of the fact that this year we have got good weekends which has been coming through."
Europe tour prices have come down by Rs 15,000-20,000, tour and travel operator Thomas Cook told NDTV. The discounted prices are owing to the fall in the value of the euro, it said.
"The response to summer vacation bookings has been quite bullish right now. The exchange movement which has been happening right now, the fall down of euro has actually brought down the price of tours for Rs 15000-20000," said Jatinder Paul Singh, senior vice president, head-Leisure Travel, Thomas Cook.
"Last year 2014 the euro was trailing somewhere close to 82, currently it's been trailing at 67," he added
Thomas Cook said there is a clear uptick in the number of passengers choosing Europe as their holiday destination.
"We've been seeing an upward forwarding trend at say about 27-30 per cent upside over last year. It is the number of passengers we are talking about. So we've been seeing a lot of new 27-30 per cent more passengers been opting for Europe," Mr Singh said.
The travel and tour operator said owing to many long weekend holidays during the year, the demand for trips to nearby international holiday destinations have also seen a surge.
"We also seen a trend in terms of weekend holidays so destination which are surrounding like Dubai, Singapore, Malaysia, Maldives, Mauritius, is also seeing similar kind of upside trends, largely because of the fact that this year we have got good weekends which has been coming through."
Europe tour prices have come down by Rs 15,000-20,000, tour and travel operator Thomas Cook told NDTV. The discounted prices are owing to the fall in the value of the euro, it said.
"The response to summer vacation bookings has been quite bullish right now. The exchange movement which has been happening right now, the fall down of euro has actually brought down the price of tours for Rs 15000-20000," said Jatinder Paul Singh, senior vice president, head-Leisure Travel, Thomas Cook.
"Last year 2014 the euro was trailing somewhere close to 82, currently it's been trailing at 67," he added
Thomas Cook said there is a clear uptick in the number of passengers choosing Europe as their holiday destination.
"We've been seeing an upward forwarding trend at say about 27-30 per cent upside over last year. It is the number of passengers we are talking about. So we've been seeing a lot of new 27-30 per cent more passengers been opting for Europe," Mr Singh said.
The travel and tour operator said owing to many long weekend holidays during the year, the demand for trips to nearby international holiday destinations have also seen a surge.
"We also seen a trend in terms of weekend holidays so destination which are surrounding like Dubai, Singapore, Malaysia, Maldives, Mauritius, is also seeing similar kind of upside trends, largely because of the fact that this year we have got good weekends which has been coming through."
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