If you are an active Instagram user, you must have come across many accounts that motivate you to pack your bags and wander around places, explore them, and have fun. These accounts belong to people who are passionate about travelling and inspire others by sharing their experiences, tips, recommendations, and stories on these platforms. In this blog, we will list the top 10 travel influencers in India to follow on Instagram.
Top 10 Travel Influencers in India
1. Aakanksha Monga
Instagram handle : @aakanksha.monga
YouTube channel : Aakanksha Monga
USP : Travel stories, tips, mistakes to avoid while travelling.
Aakanksha Monga is a 23-year-old Influencer. She has been travelling and creating content since she was 18. She left her job at LinkedIn in 2022 and started travelling. Her aim is to help people travel better, travel more and realise why travelling is the best teacher in the world. She uploads videos on social media platforms about the places that she visits. Apart from this, she also shares her bad experiences and mistakes so that her audience doesn’t do such mistakes. In her videos, she also showcases the rich heritage and diverse landscapes of India and encourages both locals and travellers to explore its hidden treasures. Aakanksha Monga is the founder of Travelamore club. She has around 679K followers on Instagram and 165K subscribers on Youtube.
2. Shashank Sanghvi (Luxury Travel Influencer)
Instagram account : @iamshashh
YouTube channel : The Offbeat couple
USP : Luxury travel, Luxury fashion, and Luxury Cars.
Shashank Sanghvi is a famous digital creator and influencer who is passionate about travel, lifestyle, and fashion. He has 3M followers on Instagram and 219K subscribers on Youtube. Shashank and his wife, Dimpi run a travel-centric YouTube channel named ‘The Offbeat Couple’, where they showcase their adventures in different countries and cities. He has travelled to over 30 countries and 59 cities and has collaborated with many big brands and won awards for his work. Shashank has been awarded ‘Best Travel Influencer – 2022’ by Impact Digital Influencers Awards. You can follow him on Instagram where he uploads his travel videos and share his experience.
3. Shivya Nath
Instagram Account: @shivya
USP : Talks about Climate Conscious Travel, Veganism and creating a more sustainable and regenerative tourism industry.
Shivya Nath is a travel blogger, author, social entrepreneur, and climate activist who quit her corporate job at 23 to explore the world. She is passionate about sustainable and responsible travel, veganism, and animal welfare. Shivya Nath is the author of a bestselling travel memoir called “The Shooting Star”, which shares her experiences of living with indigenous communities, nomads, and monks in rural India and remote places around the world. She is also the co-founder of Voices of Rural India, a platform that creates digital storytelling opportunities for rural storytellers in five languages. Also, she is the founder of Climate Conscious Travel, an impact consultancy that works on designing carbon-neutral trips, community-based carbon removal, climate change communication, and sustainability storytelling.
She is currently pursuing her Master’s degree in Sustainability and Environmental Management from Harvard University and aims to play a bigger role in creating a more sustainable and regenerative tourism industry. She is one of the best travel influencers in India to follow on Instagram.
4. Ajay Sood
Instagram account : @travelure
USP : Talks about Travel Photography
Ajay Sood is the founder of ‘Travelure‘, a travel blog and photography platform. He is a Getty Photographer and has won several awards for his work such as:
- OSM (Outlook Social Media) Photographer of the Year by Outlook Magazine in 2016
- the Earthys Award for Best Travel Short Story in 2019, and
- the PhotoBlogger of the Year by Gujarat Tourism & ICIT in 2018.
Ajay also shares his photography knowledge and skills with other travel media professionals and enthusiasts across the world. He has been a speaker at various travel media conferences like
- TBEX Europe 2016 (Stockholm),
- TBEX Asia 2016 (Manila),
- TBEX International 2017 (Jerusalem),
- TBEX North America 2017 (Huntsville, AL) and
- TBEX Europe 2018 (Ostrava, Czech Republic).
He recently spoke on ‘Photographing Architecture & Landscapes with Wide Angle’ at TBEX Asia 2022 (Phuket, Thailand). His travels have taken him to more than 45 countries, where he has collected stories that inspire, guide, and answer the questions of travellers. He is the founder of ‘Travelure‘. Travelure was declared the winner of the Best PhotoBlog Award by Gujarat Tourism and Innovative Council of Indian Tourism (ICIT).
5. Savi and Vid
Instagram account : @bruisedpassports
Youtube channel : Bruised Passports
USP : Travel blogs, Travel photography and tips
Savi and Vid are married couples who left their job to pursue their passion for travel and adventure. Till now, they have travelled up to 107 countries. Savi and Vid are storytellers, and photographers and aim to change the perception of people as to how they view success. They are the founders of Bruised Passports in which they share their travel experience, recommendations, and tips. Bruised Passports was also featured on various media outlets such as Lonely Planet, BBC, National Geographic, outlook traveller, TEDx, etc. They also have a YouTube channel where they post vlogs and documentaries about their travels. They have 1.2 M followers on Instagram where they upload photos, recommendations, and experiences from their trip. Hence, they are amongst the top 10 travel influencers in India to follow on Instagram.
6. Anunay Sood
Instagram account : @anunaysood
USP : Travel photography and detailed overview of the destinations
Have you ever dreamed of travelling the world and capturing its beauty with your camera? If so, you might want to follow Anunay Sood, a travel blogger and photographer who has done just that. Anunay Sood is not your typical traveller. He works as a marketing manager in Dubai, but he also works as a freelance growth hacker and photographer for various brands and businesses. Anunay Sood has visited 31 countries in one year and has over 1 million followers on Instagram. He is also featured by prestigious publications like Natgeo India, CN Traveler India, Forbes and Lonely Planet for his stunning travel photos and stories. He motivates others to travel, pursue their dream and live a balanced life and make memories.
7. Shakir Subhan or the Mallu traveler – One who has travelled from Kerala to Europe by bike
Instagram account : @mallu_traveler
USP : Tips for Budget travelling
Shakir Subhan or popularly known as Mallu travler is a influencer based in Kerala. He has 2.2M followers on Instagram and 2.7 million subscribers on Youtube. If you are looking for budget travel tips, then you should follow Mallu Traveler as he often shares his experiences and provides valuable insights on how to travel on a budget. He quite his job as a saleman in Dubai to pursue his passion of travelling. His content is not only informative but also entertaining, making it enjoyable for viewers seeking travel inspiration without breaking the bank.
8. Varun Vagish
Instagram account : @varunvagish
USP : Budget travelling tips and photography
Varun Vagish is an ex Journalist and holds a PhD degree in Mass Communication. Now, he is a National awardee from Ministry of Tourism, Government of India. He is also known as Mountain Trekker, due to his Youtube channel name. He has visited more than 25 countries and has around 201K followers on Instagram and 1.58M subscribers on Youtube. His videos mostly based on tips and tricks for budget travel. He has a dream to inspire more people to explore and travel the world, and meet people to make the world a better place to live in. Varun Vagish is one of the earliest and most popular Indian solo travel vloggers who has inspired many people to travel more with less money and more courage.
9. Siddhartha Joshi
Instagram account : @siddharthajoshi
YoutTube channel: Link
USP : Travel and social media tips and hacks
If you are looking for detailed travel blogs about a destination, then you should follow Siddhartha Joshi. He is one of the top 10 travel influencers in India to follow on Instagram. He is a blogger and a TEDx speaker. His videos are well-explained and give information about the place, the story behind it and much more. He has around 420K followers on Instagram and 34.1K subscribers on Youtube. Siddhartha Joshi has visited many places in India and abroad and captured their beauty and culture through his lens. He also gives tips and hacks on how to grow on social media platforms, especially Instagram. Apart from this, he also has his own website in which he shares his travel experience, Sid – The Wanderer.
10. Nivedith Gajapathy or Macrotraveller (Luxury Travel Influencer)
Instagram account : @macrotraveller
Youtube channel : Macrotraveller
Nivedith Gajapathy is the founder of GV Mediatech and Macrotraveller. He has travelled to over 33 countries and 25 Indian states. He is a luxury travel and lifestyle blogger from Bangalore. Nivideth has collaborated with many tourism boards including Dubai, Singapore, Taiwan, Maldives, and many more. He is passionate about photography, food, and culture, and loves to share his stories and insights with his followers. Nivideth has also won the best photography award from Malaysia Tourism at Earthys 2019 in Sabah. He also represented India in the AirAsia bloggers community Meet 2016 in Jakarta. The only blogger to cover the Oscars 2018 officially from India. He is definitely one of the leading travel influencers in India and a great source of inspiration for anyone who loves to explore the world.
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