Quarantine fears see many int’l travellers cancel trips
Mumbai: 02.12.2021
It was déjà vu for international travellers as well as the travel industry as Wednesday brought a spate of flight cancellations and rescheduling even as social media was inundated with queries from worried passengers about hotel quarantine, much like the past two pandemic summers.
Late on Tuesday night, the Maharashtra government had imposed new entry restrictions, among which was a mandatory week-long hotel quarantine for passengers arriving from or even transiting from “at-risk” countries. Prashant Pitti, co-founder, EaseMyTrip, said: “People were gradually opening up to the idea of international travel. In comparison with January-March 2021, we had witnessed a 50% jump in international travel bookings.”
A travel agent, requesting anonymity, said most cancellations and rescheduling came from students and passengers arriving and transiting from the UK and Europe. For those who have decided to go ahead with the India trip, booking hotels for quarantine is a problem. Social media queries poured in as confused passengers booked on international flights sought answers. TNN
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