As per the latest Hotel Price Index (HPI) report by Hotels.com , at Rs 9,351 paid per night, Indian travellers stood tenth in spending while booking a hotel room during International travel during the first half of 2015. Travellers from Argentina took the first place at Rs 10,456 a night followed by travellers from USA in the second place spending Rs 10,330 a night and Switzerland in the third place spending Rs 10, 238 a night.
The latest edition also revealed that Swiss travellers paid the most on hotel rooms at home averaging Rs 12,088 a night. Travellers from Singapore came in second at Rs 9,298 and Norway third at Rs 9,004 a night domestically.
When it came to spending on hotel rooms domestically, Indian travelers ranked fourth in getting the best value accommodation with an average payment of Rs 5,346 a night. Travellers from Malaysia paid the least when travelling domestically with an average of Rs 3,645 per night. Travellers from Thailand came in second at Rs 4,502 a night while travellers from Russia stood third at Rs 5,063 a night.
Out of the 32 countries analysed, 29 countries paid more abroad for travel than at home with some showing a significant gap between the two amounts.
Only three countries paid more at home than abroad with Swiss travellers bearing the highest difference, spending Rs 1,850 more domestically than abroad. While travellers from Singapore followed with a difference of Rs 1,326and travellers from Denmark with a difference of Rs 82.
The Hotel Price Index is a regular report on hotel prices in major destinations across the world. |