International air travel penetration remained low in India:CAPA | Image:Unsplash
Summer and travel: A warmer-than-normal summer is expected to be witnessed in India this year, with El Nino conditions expected to continue at least until May, the India Meteorological Department said on Friday. As per the Indian Meteorological Department (IMD), there could be more heatwave days than normal over northeast peninsular India, a region that includes Telangana, Andhra Pradesh, north interior Karnataka, and many parts of Maharashtra and Odisha.
Notably, tourists from the western part of the country, and even southern India beeline hill resorts in the northern parts, especially the hill states located in the foothills of the Himalayan range of mountains.
Costlier air travel
Aviation experts and travel trade operators from Maharashtra, with whom Republic Business spoke with, said the skyrocketing domestic airfares, especially to tourism destinations in north India, are turning out to be a…
