Top 5 popular travel destinations outside GCC

Cleartrip, a popular travel website, has released their mid-year MENA research for 2017 and the results are interesting. Here's what we learnt:

Most popular destinations outside GCC

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1. Manila, Philippines

 

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2. Cairo, Egypt

 

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3. Amman, Jordan

 

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4. Beirut, Lebanon

 

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5. Kathmandu, Nepal

 

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They also recorded the most popular destinations in India (it is an Indian company) and the highest trending destinations of the world. The period of research is January to June of 2017.

Most popular destinations in India

Kochi, Kerala

Mumbai, Maharashtra

Kozhikode, Kerala

Trivandrum, Kerala

New Delhi, Delhi

Here's our pick of 8 off-beat destinations in India.

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Most trending destinations on the website

Da Nang, Vietnam

Yerevan, Armenia

Tbilisi, Georgia

Baku, Azerbaijan

Kathmandu, Nepal

Alexandria, Egypt

Iloilo, Philippines

Addis Ababa, Ethiopia

Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina

Cebu, Philippines

Source: Cleartrip MENA insights