chennai the centres decision to extend suspension of scheduled international flights to the end of december has hit international holidays during the christmas and new year seasontravel and tour operators had got many inquiries and a few bookings for short holidays in december this year and january 2021 however plans for january too are uncertain as the suspension of scheduled international flights could be extended further maldives and dubai continue to be the only expensive options for chennaiites those who wanted to travel abroad but cant are now looking at premium tours to goa gujarat and rajasthan sriharan balan of madura travels said the government has extended suspension of scheduled international flights travellers will miss australia new zealand southeast asia this season maldives and dubai are the only options that are availablethere are no new air bubble routes too so people who want to have an international holiday are left with few choices he added however travel and tour operators are working to find out if uae and europe can be clubbed so that travellers flying from chennai or other cities can stay for a few days in dubai and then fly to europe from therecurrently only pointtopoint tickets are allowed from india on air bubble routes this is stopping people from exploring more foreign countries by travelling via transit hubs like dubai basheer ahemed of travel agents federation of india tafi said at least 50 of the travel would have resumed if scheduled international flights were allowed during christmas and new year holidays a lot of people are ready to fly to malaysia and singapore if allowed there is interest for inbound trips too especially from southeast asian countries as maldives and uae are expensive destinations only those who have high net worth are mostly travelling for leisure only the rich are able to afford the trips as it costs at least rs 1 lakh per person he addedwith international tours ruled out travellers and tour operators are looking at promoting domestic destinations for christmas and new year holidays