Hyderabad most booked destination in 2023: Oyo Travelopedia 2023
Travelopedia 2023 on Monday.
The company said Travelopedia 2023 draws insights from Oyo’s global booking data and unveils key trends that have shaped travel experiences for its over 93 million users across India, UK, US, Germany, Denmark, Belgium, Netherlands, Indonesia, Malaysia, and the rest of Asia and Europe, spanning January 1 to December 1, 2023.
As per the report, Hyderabad emerged as the most booked city in India followed by Bengaluru, Delhi, and Kolkata.
Uttar Pradesh was the most booked state in 2023, followed by Maharashtra, Telangana, and Andhra Pradesh.
Smaller towns such as Gorakhpur, Digha, Warangal, and Guntur experienced the highest year-on-year growth in bookings compared to 2022.
September 30, 2023,stood out as the most booked day in the report, while May 2023 claimed the title for the month with the highest bookings.
Notably, the period from September 30 to October 2 recorded the highest bookings among all long weekends in the year.
Among leisure cities, Jaipur took the lead as the most visited in 2023, with Goa, Mysore, and Pondicherry following suit.
Hyderabad emerged as the most travelled business city, followed by Bengaluru and Delhi. Puri secured the top spot as the most booked spiritual and pilgrimage destination, followed by Amritsar, Varanasi, and Haridwar.
Lesser-known spiritual destinations such as Deoghar, Palani, and Govardhan also witnessed a significant growth in visitors compared to 2022, according to the report.
Shreerang Godbole, global chief service officer at Oyo said 2023 stood out as a distinctive year for the travel industry, representing a potential return to complete normalcy after the challenges posed by Covid.
“We adapted to our customers' needs, introducing
