MUSCAT: Indians who went to Kerala without purchasing return tickets will have to shell out more as airfares have shot up due to a fall in the value of the Indian rupee.
Travel agents in Muscat confirmed that airfares from India have gone up due to the rupee fall.
“The prices to overseas destinations are up by INR4,000 to INR5,000 from the earlier prices,” said a travel agent. He said almost all seats are full and the rate of available seats is four to five times more than the normal rate.
“Earlier, some seats were available, but now you will have to pay more to be back in the Sultanate,” Raji Demonte, general manager at Universal Travel and Tourism.