TripAdvisor Reveals the Top Destination Picks for Year-end Celebrations

The countdown to the New Year has begun and everyone is in a holiday mood. This is the time when people around the world travel, party and celebrate with generous helpings of food and drinks. Be it India or abroad, everyone is looking for interesting places to visit and TripAdvisor®, the world’s largest travel site brings you the Top New Year Destinations* that people from India and specifically New Delhi are planning to visit.

Nikhil Ganju, Country Manager, TripAdvisor says “Getting out of the city to bring in the new year has been a trend for a long while now. As a large number of Indians get ready to pack their bags and travel to destinations known as well as offbeat, TripAdvisor brings you the definitive list of the places that they will be travelling to. While Goa remains a favourite, this year's list includes a healthy dose of international destinations, indicating the importance being attached to the occasion. What is most interesting to see is how the accommodation preferences have evolved over years. 41% travelers prefer to stay in hotels of different kinds whereas 23% prefer Bed & Breakfast Inns for their new year holiday. Also, the experimentative side of Indian travellers is clearly emerging with a significant share 36% opting for 'alternate' accommodations such as campgrounds, condos, vacation rentals, hostels, villas and even temple lodgings etc. We wish Indian travellers many more adventures in 2015!”

Top Destinations 2013 Vs 2014

• Dubai emerged as the most preferred new year destination for Delhiities, replacing last year’s Goa

• Manali moved up to #4 from last years’ position of #8

Top 15 New Year Destinations for 2014:

India	New Delhi
Goa	Dubai
Dubai	Udaipur
Udaipur	Jaisalmer
Manali	Manali
Jaisalmer	Jaipur
Jaipur	Shimla
Singapore	Singapore
Pondicherry	Bangkok
Bangkok	Mussoorie
Shimla	Havelock Island
Puri	Nainital
Munnar	Mumbai (Bombay)
Havelock Island	Pondicherry
Kovalam	Pattaya
Mahabaleshwar	Jodhpur

*Basis destinations searched from India for the period December 20, 2014 to January 10, 2015

About TripAdvisor:

TripAdvisor^® is the world's largest travel site*, enabling travelers to plan and book the perfect trip. TripAdvisor offers trusted advice from real travelers and a wide variety of travel choices and planning features with seamless links to booking tools that check hundreds of websites to find the best hotel prices. TripAdvisor branded sites make up the largest travel community in the world, reaching 315 million unique monthly visitors**, and more than 200 million reviews and opinions covering more than 4.4 million accommodations, restaurants and attractions. The sites operate in 45 countries worldwide, including China under daodao.com. TripAdvisor also includes TripAdvisor for Business, a dedicated division that provides the tourism industry access to millions of monthly TripAdvisor visitors.

TripAdvisor, Inc. (NASDAQ: TRIP) manages and operates websites under 24 other travel media brands: www.airfarewatchdog.com, www.bookingbuddy.com, www.cruisecritic.com, www.everytrail.com, www.familyvacationcritic.com, www.flipkey.com, www.gateguru.com, www.holidaylettings.co.uk, www.holidaywatchdog.com, www.independenttraveler.com, www.jetsetter.com, www.lafourchette.com, www.niumba.com, www.onetime.com, www.oyster.com, www.seatguru.com, www.smartertravel.com, www.tingo.com, www.travelpod.com, www.tripbod.com, www.vacationhomerentals.com, www.viator.com, www.virtualtourist.com, and www.kuxun.cn. 

*Source: comScore Media Metrix for TripAdvisor Sites, worldwide, August 2014

**Source: Google Analytics, average monthly unique users, Q3 2014; does not include traffic to daodao.com

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