NITN | @notintownlive | 08 Jul 2022, 07:53 am
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New Delhi/NITN: Indians are willing to overlook travel restrictions and book their tickets to fly for a vacation, as per a report by Booking.com.
86 percent of Indians surveyed are willing to travel in the coming 12 months, the report said.
Even though Covid19 travel restrictions are in place, the willingness to travel stands high with 78 percent Indian travellers considering leisure travel as pertinent and 70 percent accepting possible travel related issues, it said.
Booking.com also released its Asia Pacific Travel Confidence Index that surveyed 11,000 travellers from 11 countries across Asia Pacific.
India topped the index, followed by Vietnam and China.
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