India, May 26 -- At dawn on a quiet Goan beach, a circle of young travellers sits cross-legged in the sand, eyes closed, waves curling gently into the shore. A handpan hums in the background. Someone pours steaming tea into enamel mugs, the scent of cardamom rising with the morning mist. These are strangers sharing silence and space-not for nightlife or social media reels, but for something far rarer: connection, community, and clarity.

Scenes like this are no longer rare.

In post-pandemic India, where Zoom fatigue has blurred the lines between weekdays and weekends, the very idea of a holiday is shifting. Millennials and Gen Z now account for more than 60 percent of the country's domestic travel segment. For this generation, travel is...