The Janmashtami long weekend saw more people travelling, giving hope to portals that things could look up for the travel industry. Like last year, portals said, this jump can also be attributed to continued decline in Covid cases combined with pent up travel demand and upcoming festive travel season.
MakeMyTrip, one of the leading portals, said the current booking pattern reflects more confidence, willingness and comfort among travellers to venture out for leisure or work related travel.
EaseMyTrip spokesperson said, “Compared to the period of July 28-30, we have seen a jump of 54% for Aug 28 to 30 in terms of travellers. Users have utilised this extended weekend to travel for leisure.”
“Data on MakeMyTrip indicates a five times increase in travel bookings made this August as compared to last year for the same period. As compared to bookings in the same period last year, hotel bookings for stays more than two days have increased by 20%; and family travel with more than two…