The great holiday rush: This New Year season, Indians are travelling like never before, and the world opens up to them
Christmas and year-end season? Pretty much everywhere!
Going by most accounts, the October to December quarter this year is likely to be a bumper quarter for the travel and hospitality sector with most companies claiming to have an even better momentum than in 2019.
«There is a lot of talk about high airfares but the important thing to note is that people are travelling,» said Rajesh Magow, cofounder and group CEO of MakeMyTrip.
«Typically, international travel bookings, even for short-haul travel, are made a couple of weeks or more in advance. However, with markets such as Thailand and others making the entry process a lot easier, we are seeing advance purchase windows for these destinations becoming shorter, in many cases, stretching to a couple of days,» he said.
As per MakeMyTrip data, the top destinations for the last week of December in the domestic sector include Goa, Rajasthan, Varanasi, Kerala, Rishikesh and Kashmir.
In terms of international flight bookings, popular destinations such as the UAE, Thailand, Singapore, and Indonesia continue to be favourites.
