The wanderlust of Indian travellers has attracted countries as far apart as Romania, Tanzania and Peru to promote their country as an attractive travel destination.
"We get very few Indian tourists," sighed Razvan Marc, director Britain, Middle East and India, National Authority for Tourism Romania, told IANS.
"We want to attract more Indian tourists because they want to explore new destinations and we (Romania) have the best scenic and cultural bonanza for them," he added.
Located between central Europe and southeastern Europe, the country with 19.59 million population has a mix of traditional and cultural rhapsody, with vast areas of true wilderness and ever-fresh beauty of the Danube delta to discover.
And who can forget this: Transylvania in central Romania is where Dracula originated.
Similarly, Justice Muunbe, manager community conservation of Ngorongoro Conservation Area, Tanzania, said they want people of India to know that there is more to Africa than Kenya and South Africa.
"Indian tourists are not many in Tanzania, but they travel a lot to Kenya and South Africa. We don't offer just safaris, but offer a bouquet of wildlife, nature and culture. You can meet local people, see wild life and do a lot of sightseeing," Muunbe told IANS.
"As the visa is on arrival, it will make travel easy," he added, saying one can meet people from the Maasai tribe, trek to Mount Kilimanjaro and soak in the breathtaking scenic beauty.
Marc and Muunbe were in the capital for the OTM travel trade show, a platform for stakeholders to meet and interact.
Greece-based private tour operator too is looking for - "potential travellers" who want the "best deals."
"In 2013, Greece had 18 million tourists, though we are a nation of 11 million people. So, you can understand how much people want to visit us. Unfortunately, out of these figures there were only 35,000 Indians," said Alec, who uses only one name, from a private tour company.
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