ludhiana as holiday season arrives demand for domestic and international trips rise in the country while this has multiplied the inquiries received by those in the tour and travel business in the city they havent been able to land as much customers as the air and hotel fares have skyrocketed due to the increasing demandcity travel agents are in a tizzy due to this gurpreet singh chawla president of micro and small travel agents association said there are huge inquiries for holiday packages and hotel bookings on the new years day because january 1 falls on a sunday this time so be it schools offices or factories all would be closedhe informed that like every year goa remained the most soughtafter domestic vacation destination for the city residents owing to its warm weather and plenty of events happening on the new years eve however he informed that cost for a twoway journey has nearly doubled during the last week of december he said the rate of return air ticket from chandigarh and delhi to goa is more than rs 20000 per person during the holidays while the hotel room which usually costs rs 800010000 per night now cost rs 1800025000 per night limited availability is being cited to be the reason for this price hikesame is the case for international travel manjit singh a citybased travel agent said dubai is the most soughtafter international destination due to its easy visa policy and direct flights from punjab but not all the inquiries for dubai are materialising as there is a huge spurt in rates of air tickets and accommodation airfare for a return journey from chandigarh to dubai during the last week of december and first week of january is whopping rs 49150 while that from amritsar is at least rs 36000 normally the fare is between rs 1800025000 same is the story with the hotel and sightseeing rates during this time