Indian hotel room fares are the best

In terms of the average price paid on a hotel room domestically, Indians found the best value at home at 4,715. When it comes to overseas travel, South-east Asian destinations dominate the top ten list for Indian travellers.

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has topped the list when it comes to getting the best value at hotel room rates domestically, according to the latest Hotel Price Index (HPI) report by Hotels.com. The report revealed that in terms of the average price paid on a hotel room, Indians found the best value at home at 4,715 followed by the Portuguese on 4,846 and the Spanish on 5,009.

Swiss travellers paid the most at 10,345 for a night travelling domestically with the Singaporeans in second place on 9,994 and the Norwegians in third at

9,899. The Australians were in fourth place at 9,531 and there was one more Asian nation in the Top 10 with South Korea at No 6 at

8,319. Of the 29 countries analysed, 20 paid more abroad than at home with some of them having a con- siderable gap between the two sums. The Chinese spent

3,513 a night more on average when travelling abroad, followed by the Argentineans on 2,866 and the Indians at

2,816.

Only nine nations paid more at home than away. Travellers from Singapore had the greatest difference, spending 2,283 more domestically than abroad, followed by the Swiss with a

1,233 variation and the Norwegians with 958.

The report also stated that when it came to over- seas travel, South East Asian destinations dominated the top ten lists for Indian travellers. Bangkok bagged the No 1 spot followed by Singapore. Pattaya and Hong Kong found themselves on the fourth and fifth positions, respectively, while Phuket stood seventh and Kuala Lumpur ninth. Two American destinations featured on the list – New York on the eighth spot and Las Vegas on the tenth. Dubai enjoyed the third position while London was the only European destination on the top ten list at the sixth position.