India has immense potential for luxury tourism: Cosmo Brockway

Traveller and author Cosmo Brockway says though India has shown great strides in this sector, concerns of women's safety is pulling it down.

Brockway has authored a book on India where he has listed the country's 40 best luxury hotels. His travel company (based in the UK) routinely organises tours in different parts of India.

Speaking about what makes his travel itineraries different from other travel firms, he said they try to avoid the "clichéd packages of butter chicken and golden triangle".

"We incorporate new things and ensure that there is sufficient scope for interacting with the local to facilitate cultural exchange. One of our most successful packages was in Punjab where we incorporated things like having a meal with an erstwhile maharaja."

"There is no other place in the world that offers the fantasy that India has. It is not a fictional fantasy like Disney World. This is very much real," he said.