ahmedabad if christmas is the season of fairy tales with santa claus reindeer countryside cottages and a thousand fables then people of ahmedabad are upping their game when it comes to ringing in the new year in style at the most exotic of destinations this year the traction for international travel is particularly highfor instance ahmedabadbased debashree das has brought alive a christmas dream with her other half in france since we are in france strasbourg the famed christmas capital of the world has to be on the itinerary said das an hr professional it is an absolute delight to traverse through the countryside in europe and indulge in confectionary and wineahmedabad might bear a deserted look ahead of the new year as people with highflying holiday plans are already abroad an ahmedabadbased entrepreneur sanskruti p is heading to vietnam to celebrate the new year we looked forward to breaking away from the everyday mundaneness she said we planned a trip to vietnam and will explore the seaside various colonial landmarks and the remarkable gastronomic farewith the frequency of international flights across several destinations going up the overall uptakes for international holidays have spiked estimates of industry players suggest that destinations such as france switzerland vietnam dubai thailand and singapore are among the preferred international getaways this seasonthat apart a slew of northern domestic destinations too are a hit an ahmedabadbased academic professional abhishek tamrakar always aspired to travel to the northeast and after months of planning he is finally in sikkim with his family i wanted to usher in the new year amid the snowfall it took me about three months to plan and execute this trip said tamrakar after visiting gangtok we will head to the nathula pass and lachung village i am sure ill take back a bagful of memorieseven though many seasoned travellers made advance bookings for the holidays most ended up paying higher than normal airfares as well as hotel tariffs in the wake of the festive season rushmost travellers have paid at least 25 extra on hotel tariffs in addition to higher airfares this is true for both domestic and international destinations said virendra shah chairman travel agents association of india taai gujarat chapter hotels in the usual favourite spots of gujarati tourists including daman diu udaipur jaipur jodhpur and jaisalmer have been sold out for this and the next weekend