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Christmas and New Year holidays bring cheer to travel and tourism sector

Christmas and New Year holidays has resulted in positive prospects for the travel and tourism industry sector as there is an increase in leisure travel in spite of the economic slowdown. Though there is a general slump in the business, inbound and outbound leisure tourist movement is increasing. The number of bookings for leisure travel to destinations abroad, as well as within the country has increased this month as compared to last month. According to a report in today’s Times of India (TOI), the domestic tourist traffic has also improved for this month end because of tourists who usually travel abroad have switched to destinations in Kerala. “Christmas and New Year have brought a little hope for us. We have received several bookings from people who want to travel to Singapore, Malaysia and Hong Kong in the coming weeks. Thailand was popular but some people hesitate to go there because of the current political unrest in the country,” said Basheer Ahemed, Chairman, Tamil Nadu Chapter, Travel Agents Federation of India (TAFI).

He further added that the flights to Singapore and other South-East Asian countries are filled till the first week of January; even Dubai is a popular destination. Cathay Pacific has come out with interesting packages while Malaysian Tourism is offering incentives to travel agents to lure more travellers during the holiday season. The situation is not as buoyant as it used to be last year but it is improving.

Tarique Khatri, Vice President, Cleartrip said, “There is a 20 per cent increase in the online travel bookings this month when compared to last month. Majority of the people prefer domestic destinations. Therefore this month is not as badly hit as was the case during the meltdown. Hi Tours also received few last minute enquiries and bookings for this week. “We are getting good bookings for the domestic sector. Kerala is attracting lot of tourists leading to shortage of hotel rooms. Inbound travellers have not cancelled their plans for Christmas and New Year holidays. We do not have any cancellations so far from tourists from Europe and North America. The slowdown impact is yet to show while the Mumbai attacks have not affected us adversely,” said Sethuraman, Managing Director, Hi Tours.

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