MUMBAI, Indiya - Ukonwabela ukutshona kwelanga kwi-yacht yangasese okanye ukutsiba kwinkonzo ye-heli-teksi ukuya kwezinye iipokotho ezingaziwayo zelizwe, abahambi baseIndiya bafuna ukuphonononga ezona mbono zibalaseleyo zokuhamba.
Ngelixa ukhenketho olutofotofo lubonelela kwimakethi ye-niche e-Indiya, abakhenkethi balindele ukuba eli candelo likhule ngeepesenti ezingama-25 ngonyaka, linyuswe kukuhla kwexabiso le-rupee eyenza uhambo oluphuma ngaphandle lube nexabiso elikhulu kunye nothotho lweentengiso ezithengwe ngabakhenkethi kubakhenkethi basekhaya.
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“Silindele ukuba icandelo lezohambo lwasekhaya likhule ngeepesenti ezingama-20-25. Kwiminyaka emi-5 ukuya kweli-10 ezayo, iIndiya iya kubona imali eninzi yokuhamba, utshilo uSunil Hasija, uMlawuli oyiNtloko weTUI India. Ingxelo yeBarclays yabalaselisa ukuba amava endlela yokuphila anjengokukhenketha abe yeyona ndlela ithandwayo yokusetyenziswa kobutyebi. Malunga neepesenti ezingama-43 zabantu abanexabiso eliphezulu (i-HNIS) eIndiya bacaphula uhambo njengokhetho lwabo lokuqala, yongeza ingxelo. Umkhwa uzisa uvuyo phakathi kwabadlali bohambo kunye nabakhenkethi ababheja kakhulu kwindawo yokuhamba yasekhaya.
Ngokwequmrhu loshishino i-Assocham, ishishini lokhenketho libone ukukhula kweepesenti ezingama-35 kubakhenkethi basekhaya kwiinyanga ezintandathu zokuqala zika-2013 xa kuthelekiswa nokuhla kweepesenti ezingama-20 ngexesha elifanayo kulo nyaka uphelileyo.
Abakhenkethi bathi kukho imfuno ekhulayo ebonwayo yeendawo ezintsha zokufikela kwisekethe yasekhaya. Iivillas zodidi oluphezulu kunye neespas ziye zaza kujongana nale mfuno.
"Sibonile ukubhuka kunyuka kwimimandla efana neRajasthan, Andaman, Kerala, North-east kunye neKashmir kwiiholide ezimnandi," kusho uRajeev Kale, iGosa eliPhezulu eliSebenzayo - iKhaya, iMidlalo kunye neeCruise, uThomas Cook (India).
Uphawu lukaThomas Cook (waseIndiya) lwasekhaya olutofotofo 'I-Indian Indulgence' lubandakanya imisebenzi efana nesafari yezilwanyana zasendle kunye neengcali zendalo eziqeqeshiweyo, iinkqubo ze-spa kunye nempilo entle, amava kaloliwe obutofotofo kunye neendawo zokuhlala ezizodwa.
Indawo ye-metasearch yohambo i-Wego.com nayo ibone ukwanda kukhangelo lohambo lwasekhaya. "Imiqulu yokukhangela iindawo zokuhlala zasekhaya kwiindawo ezifana neSrinagar, Mahabaleshwar, Ooty, Kumarakom, Kovalam kunye neDarjeeling zibonise ukwanda," kusho u-Ashwin Jayasankar, iNtloko-iMveliso kunye neNtengiso, i-Wego India.
Ipakethe yokhenketho olutofotofo lwasekhaya ixabisa i-avareji yee-2 lakh ngesibini kuhambo lweentsuku ezintlanu ukuya kwezisixhenxe, olubandakanya ukuhlala ehotele, ukutya, neminye imisebenzi.
Ngogxininiso lokutshintsha ngakumbi kwiindawo ezingaphononongwayo kunye ne-offbeat kunye neendlela ezizodwa ezisekelwe kumava, abadlali abanobubele njengeQela le-Taj nabo baxhamla kweli candelo likhulayo. 'Iiholide zePowerfly' zeTaj Air kunye neeCharter zaseDeccan zenza abahambi baqeshe inqwelomoya xa besiya eholideyini baze babhabhe ngokuthe ngqo kwezinye zeepropathi zodidi lweehotele zaseTaj, iindawo ekuchithelwa kuzo iiholide kunye namabhotwe. Iinkonzo zibiza nantoni na phakathi kwe-Rs 80,000 ukuya kwi-3 lakh ngeyure yokubhabha.