coimbatore globetrotters from the city have a new set of destinations to explore they prefer ipoh kunming chiang mai and ho chi minh city to bangkok and pattaya and finland russia turkey and other scandinavian countries to london paris and interlaken in switzerland when it comes to europe travel agents say coimbatorians who have become seasoned travellers want specific experiences or exclusive locations in a country rather than just country hoppingtravel agents specializing in international travel say they are seeing a marked increase in the number of people travelling abroad and the number of visits there is at least 1015 increase in the volume of people travelling abroad says v c krishnarajh president of travel agents association of coimbatorep ganesh managing director of express holidays feels peoples mindset has changed earlier people wanted to buy land or jewellery with even the smallest savings but that mentality is changing they now want to buy an experience and memories that come along with itflight tickets to destinations in asia are available from rs 18000 to rs 30000 and those in europe from rs 35000 from kochi and bengaluru and it is one of the reasons why travellers prefer unexplored destinations in these parts of the world says a recent study by popular travel search engine kayak websites like airbnbcom which offers cheap homestays in almost every country have made it easy for families and friends to plan budget trips says uttara ganesh an it professional in the citythe citybased express holidays had recently organized a new year trip for a group of 10 businessmen and seasoned travellers to finland they wanted a relaxed trip to enjoy the snow and the night life during winter in a country where many of them had never been to says ganesh russia and turkey are also popular options for family trips and incentive tripscompanies prefer trips that could be done within the budget of rs 1 lakh to rs 12 lakh a person for five nights to six nights so moscow and turkey with hot springs and hot air balloons and exotic istanbul are popular options says viraj d a human resource professional with a hyderabadbased company which has a branch in the cityamong asian countries vietnam and cambodia top the list while bali and hong kong seem to have lost their exclusivity only firsttime travellers prefer cities like bangkok dubai singapore and malaysia while others prefer japan and maldives or they want places such as kunming in china ipoh and penang in malaysia and chiang mai in thailand instead of the routine bangkok pattaya and phuket says viraj according to vishnu vasanth kumar executive director of emperor traveline a growing number of youngsters are requesting for eurasian countries like russia uzbekistan and kyrygystan these are four to five nights packages which start from rs 50000 people either fly out from new delhi or sharjah