Article: Tour operators out to woo Lucknowites

NEW DELHI, India, June 7 -- Barely three years back, most travel trade pundits in the metros discounted Lucknow as a city of bureaucrats and politicians unfit for opening a full-fledged office to promoteoutbound travel to some of the world's most exotic destinations.

As air connectivity improved between Lucknow and international travel gateways such as Mumbai and Delhi, with Amausi airport handling more than 30 flights a week including some to international destinations such as Jeddah, Sharjah (and now Muscat), the sudden surge of travel bookings in the leisure segment by businessmen, senior corporate executives and even officials of a number of public sector enterprises, took many large ...

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