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The Future of Travel 2025
May 1, 2025
From Dreamers to Doers: India’s Global Travel Generation
A FINN Partners report in collaboration with GSIQ Tourism Insights
India is no longer just an emerging outbound market—it’s a defining one.
As international travel enters a new phase, Indian travelers are leading a decisive shift—from passive aspiration to confident action. With GenZ at the helm and Millennials and GenX close behind, India’s outbound travel audience is becoming more emotionally driven, digitally inspired, and globally influential than ever before.
This report offers an in-depth, data-backed exploration into what motivates India’s high-value travelers in 2025—and how global destinations, tourism boards, and travel brands can effectively connect with them.
What You’ll Learn
- The emotional and cultural drivers influencing Indian travel decisions
- How GenZ, Millennials, and GenX differ—and overlap—in travel mindset and media habits
- What defines luxury, purpose, and aspiration for India’s new-age travelers
- Five distinct traveler personas to guide your audience strategy
- Actionable insights for content, platform, and experience design
Why Download This Report
India’s global travelers aren’t just looking to go somewhere—they’re seeking to feel something. Understanding how and why they choose to travel is essential to staying relevant in one of the world’s fastest-growing and most emotionally engaged markets.
Download the report to meet the traveler of tomorrow—today.
