new delhi jun 28 paris has emerged as the top destination in europe for indian travellers closely followed by london according to a british airways survey released today as per the airlines travel habits survey as many 24 per cent of indian travellers picked paris as the number one destination in europe while 20 per cent respondents chose london the survey also indicated that nearly half 48 per cent of the indian participants were inspired to visit the uk following popular british movie series james bond while 42 per cent and 34 per cent of the respondents said they find their travel inspiration was from harry potter and sherlock holmes films respectively british airways conducted the research between february and march across selected countries in asia pacific and asked over 500 indian participants about their travel habits as per the online survey legendary english footballer david beckham is first choice british celebrity as a flying companion 32 per cent for travellers from india other popular flying companion choices among travellers from india included harry potter actress and model emma watson 29 per cent and james bond actor daniel craig 24 per cent the survey has revealed some very interesting insights about indias leisure and business travellersthe findings from the survey will help us to focus on making flying even better for our customers from india british airways regional general manager south asia moran birger said in a release it is the british airways firstever travel habit survey for travellers from india the survey also showed that sixtyfour per cent of indians feel that the availability of family fun activities are the most important factor when choosing a holiday destination travellers from india also said that they will choose destinations based on historical landmarks and if the destinations come with great shopping choices on airport shopping preferences most indians said that they liked to buy food and drink items when they are travelling 27 per cent male travellers said that they liked buying perfumes or colognes 15 per cent from the airport stores while designer clothes and jewellery are the preference of the women 9 per cent and 10 per cent respectively the french capital also tops the dream destination list for sightseers from china hong kong japan korea and singapore asked about their airport shopping preferences most indians said they liked to buy food and drink items when they are travelling 27 per cent while designer clothes and jewellery are close second for women 9 per cent and 10 per cent respectively male travellers said they liked buying perfumes or colognes 15 per cent from the airport stores sm mp knd zmn knd