Airfares, hotel prices skyrocket ahead of Pak vs Ind World Cup match in Ahmedabad

Hotels in Ahmedabad are fully booked while some of them are offering rooms at premium rates

Sohail Imran

September 22, 2023

Pakistan and Indias skippers face-off during a match. — AFP/File — Pakistan and India's skippers face-off during a match. — AFP/File

All the cricket lovers, who are planning to witness the much-anticipated clash between Pakistan and India in the ICC World Cup 2023, should know that it is going to be very costly.

With just less than a month left for the match, fans who were excited about the match discovered that the airfares and hotel prices in Ahmedabad had skyrocketed.

Hotels in Ahmedabad — where the Green Shirts will face off against Men in Blue on October 14 — are fully booked while some of them are offering rooms at premium rates.

Meanwhile, the prices of inbound flights to Ahmedabad from different parts of India have increased by 104 to 415%, according to Economic Times.

"Visiting Ahmedabad during the match days will be a costly affair. We know of a few hotels here that have charged as high as INR80,000 per room per night in the wake of high demand. With limited frequency, flight fares are bound to go up," said a travel operator.

However, the prices have only been increased for the Pakistan-India clash and not any other match. Travel operators have asked the airlines to increase flight frequencies from October 13 to 16 keeping in view the demand.

"People from across the globe, including fans, supporters, sponsors, and media persons, plan to come for what promises to be an exciting game," said President of the Travel Agents and Tour Operators Association of Gujarat Anuj Pathak.

The tournament is scheduled to start on October 5 to November 19.

The Green Shirts' will play a total of 11 matches in the World Cup, with four of them, including two warm-up matches and two group games, scheduled to take place in India's Hyderabad.

The Men in Green are expected to arrive in Hyderabad via Dubai on September 27 to kick off their World Cup campaign on October 6 in Hyderabad against the Netherlands.