new delhi have your holiday plans been disturbed due to recent price hikes by the domestic carriers may be then you can prepare for flying out of the country international carriers are promising an array of new promotional offers to woo holiday travellers like youcompanion tickets where a passenger books a seat and gets an additional ticket free is the taste of the season this winter and the airlines offering this sop include airindia virgin atlantic austrian airways and air lankathere is more travel boards of individual countries are offering attractive packages for the holiday season to lure more tourists from neighbouring countries singapore government tourism board is offering free trips to the islands wellknown zoo and dining vouchers at posh hotels the board hopes the plan will help bolster confidence in the industry after the october 12 bombings in bali and the current economic downturn similarly theres the close to rs 14500 ticket to bangkok offered by air lanka with a twonight stay in colombo the airline is offering a similar package to singapore as wellthese efforts seem to be aimed at defusing the jitters among travellers after the us britain and australia warned their citizens not to travel to southeast asian nations the warnings have prompted fears of huge tourism losses however industry insiders feel the offers would be available for a short duration as outbound flights are nearing full capacity utilisation the flights are already full and these offers would just be shortterm bait says amadeus india md ankur bhatia clearly the outbound traveller has a flying start for now