The Brars are among a swelling throng of dejected travellers who’ve had their foreign vacations rudely truncated after the West Asia conflict began on 28 February. “We’ve seen 40-50% cancellations for the Middle East and Europe vacations. The latter have been cancelled because most flights have a stopover in the Middle East,” says Bhupinder Rawat, Director, Discover Worldwide Destinations. The redirected and fresh tourists have set their eyes on Southeast Asia this summer, away from the conflict zone (see p ...