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‘TN residents don’t want to travel for a holiday for a yr’


SURVEY FINDINGS

‘TN residents don’t want to travel for a holiday for a yr’

Kamini.Mathai@timesgroup.com

27.07.2020

When will you take your next holiday? More than 80% of those interviewed from Tamil Nadu in a survey conducted in July say not for the next year as they are “uncomfortable” with the idea even though states are opening up for tourism. But if they had to travel, a majority would head out to the beaches of Goa as it was the closest to home.

A Neta App survey of 54,000 respondents from across 19 states — to gauge citizen attitude with respect to travelling in times of pandemic — found that 71% Indians are not comfortable travelling for at least one year.

But while most respondents were unhappy with state governments’ measures to ensure safety, those in TN said they were satisfied with the safety precautions the government was taking (which is perhaps why they weren’t planning to travel outside anytime soon).

K Pandian, president of the Indian Association of Tour Operators, doesn’t see domestic tourism picking up before April of next year. “People want to travel but won’t unless there is an assurance of safety from the hotels and resorts as well as from the government. Every time there is an intense lockdown ad places are closed, confidence levels in stepping out dip,” says Pandian.

According to the survey, if travelling, most respondents said the first preference was a hotel rather than bunking with friends and family (35%).

Around 10% said they would use a homestay. Pandian adds that people who earlier booked their accommodation in budget hotels will upgrade by a star or two as a more plush hotel brings with it a sense of cleanliness and hygiene.


WORTHY EXCEPTION: Most people said Goa would be the one place they would head out to if they had to travel during the pandemic

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