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Unexplored destinations for the curious Indian traveller

Tourism boards around the world are now bringing lesser known destinations a step closer to India

Shandong: 2 hours from Beijing (Home of Confucius; a curious mix of modern and ancient)
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Shandong: 2 hours from Beijing (Home of Confucius; a curious mix of modern and ancient)

Surajeet Das Gupta
When you’re looking in all directions, the globe’s circumference always has more to offer. The eavesdropping, the hearsay and the bombarding Instagram feeds have invariably ferried Indian travellers around the globe in the same manner it was once discovered. To break that chain of uninspiring monotony and pacify apprehensions of the unknown, tourism boards around the world are now bringing lesser known destinations a step closer to India.

These are places just an hour or two from the ones Indians commonly throng to, whether for business or pleasure, and they promise a lot more for a lot less — exquisite