Dating at Olympics: More single Indians are passporting to Paris, data reveals

A ticket to Paris from anywhere in India could be an expensive affair for any youngster without generational wealth. But many dating apps come with features that take their users to the city of their choice anywhere in the world, offering a specified number of 'matches' as potential dates.

For the past few weeks, all eyes have been on Paris as singles and sports fans both flock to the city during the Olympic season.

Now a report has revealed that Paris moved among the top destinations that young singles in India passported to on dating platform Tinder. Tinder Passport Mode allows users to search by city or drop a pin on the map to begin liking, matching and chatting with others in their destination of choice.

"Paris ranked 18th as international city destination in the weekend of 19-21 July and moved to the 6th spot during the weekend of 26-28 July as the top international cities that young singles in India passported to," Tinder said in an official readout.

"The top sports selected as interests in Tinder users' bios right now are football, basketball and swimming," it added.

The dating platform hopes to see a surge in the usage of Passport Mode by users aged 18-25 years.

Recently, American athlete Emily Delleman gave her followers an inside look into what it is like being an athlete using a dating app inside the Olympic Village in Paris. The 26-year-old took to social media to share what she discovered after downloading Tinder.

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"So I was laying in my cardboard bed the other day recovering and I was scrolling through TikTok and I was seeing the girlies saying 'hey change your location to the Olympic Village' and I was like 'oh my gosh genius'," she told her followers, as per SkyNews.

Delleman said that she didn't see any Olympians in her initial scroll, prompting her to go back and check her location settings. "I was like okay my settings must be weird. No. I'm like location one mile radius and so far I think I've seen a total of two other Olympians," she said, per the outlet.

Delleman's video quickly went viral and garnered millions of views. "Someone tag me in part 2," Tinder's official account commented on the video.

(With inputs from agencies)