India, June 25 -- An Indian content creator has claimed that his friend chose to holiday in Sri Lanka after seeing hotel prices in Rishikesh. Paritsh Sharrma shared an X post on the incident, highlighting how international holidays are becoming as affordable as domestic ones.

According to Sharrma, his friend - whom he did not name in his post - was planning a holiday in Rishikesh, Uttarakhand. However, the hotel tariffs left him surprised.

When he checked the the prices, he realised that most decent hotels in Rishikesh ranged between Rs.9,000-15,000 per night.

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The flights would have cost him another Rs.8,000 approximately one way, since he wo...