Best India travel insurance for Asia

India is one of the largest outbound traveller market in Asia from where nearly 21 million International travellers left for International destinations. Out of the Top 20 International destinations that Indians prefer visiting, 14 of them are in the Asia Pacific region as listed above. And Indians love story with the Asian markets are not likely to end soon, this will only grow as more Asian destinations get added as well as more air capacity on short haul routes increase. The key reasons for Indians to prefer Asian markets include 1) Short duration of Travel to reach there 2) Relative Cost of the Trip given the current exchange rates of ₹ INR and 3) Flight Connectivity and number of Carriers.

While most Indians travel to Asian destinations one very critical fact to be recorded is that the penetration of insurance to the number of travellers is lowest in these destinations. The underlying factor could be that the Indian traveller believes that since the trips are for around a week at maximum, the likelihood of any emergency requiring insurance cover during this period is very low.

The cost of international travel insurance for Asia also when compared to the overall cost of the trip is significantly low and hence very traveller should compulsorily buy best international travel insurance cover for their trips to Asian countries.