dubai for new years europe for summer several indians are already planning their first postlockdown holiday abroadas countries like dubai maldives south africa and turkey open their borders to tourists desi travellers are already planning their christmas new year and summer vacations abroadmany are willing to take their first international trip post the lockdown to a leisure destination at a distance of five to six hours of air travel says vipul prakash chief operating officer at makemytrip many are also lapping up deals for next summer and searching for flexible cancellation options vipul says travellers have already started searching for tourist spots in europe and turkey for the next year due to availability of exclusive future travel deals by companies hotels and resorts in the countries which are open for indian travellers are offering a range of vacation options weve observed that longduration stays in resorts are the most popular says daniel dsouza president country head leisure sotc traveldubai maldives among most popular postlockdown destinations among the top destinations are dubai and maldives says prakash adding our recent booking patterns indicate that bookings to the maldives have seen a threefold increase compared to the first week of october a yatracom spokesperson also says that they have witnessed doubledigit growth in booking enquiries for maldives and dubaimost of these bookings are from honeymooners and those who do not want to miss the tradition of yearend holidays says shad siddiqui managing director la vacanza travel he adds some other destinations like south africa are also open for indian tourists but lack of direct flights is a major deterrent travelling to these destinations is a complicated and long process right now mauritius armenia and turkey are other international destinations open to tourists rajeev kale president country head holidays mice visa thomas cook india ltd says as people were not able to celebrate special occasions such as birthdays and anniversaries during the lockdown theyre flying now before you travel know your paperworktraveling at present also means a lot of paperwork and formalities say those who have made such trips tarique tareen 74 who has recently returned from a 10day holiday in dubai says we needed a covid negative report not older than 96 hours from delhi departure when we reached dubai we were tested at the airport and till the time the reports were mailed to us we were supposed to stay under quarantine at the hotel for 24 hours we needed a covid negative report again before our departure from dubai there are other formalities required and what we realized is that it is better to have a travel agent to reduce hassles of paperwork says tareen