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Indian travellers splurge on vacation: Survey

New Delhi: Indians splurge while they are on vacation, says a recent survey which pegged the country's travellers topmost in the world who begin saving up for their trips at least six months in advance.“Globally,





By contrast, 79 per cent of Indians expect to spend $500 or less (per person) for a week's vacation inside their own country.

It has also been found that globally, the largest proportion of travellers' budget goes into accommodation (24 per cent), followed by flights (19 per cent), food (18 per cent), shopping (7 per cent), tours (7 per cent) entertainment (7 per cent), local transportation (5 per cent).

Globally, travelers devote more of their travel budget to alcoholic beverages (5 per cent) than they do rental cars (3 per cent).Indian travellers dedicate the largest share of their travel budget to flights (19 per cent), followed by accommodation (16 per cent) and food (14 per cent). The least amount of their travel budget goes to alcoholic beverages (4 per cent), the survey said.





Travellers from within the country are most likely to seek out flight deals (53 per cent), package deals (48 per cent) and all-inclusive packages (48 per cent). They are most interest globally in advance ticket purchase discounts (42 per cent) and mobile booking discounts (28 per cent ) than their global counterparts, the survey finds.

When booking a vacation, Indians are also more likely than their global counterparts to splurge on a room with a view (47 per cent), a hotel with room service/restaurant on premise (43 per cent), a hotel with premium in-room facilities (25 per cent), an airline that offers in-flight wi-fi (20 per cent), a hotel with a fitness center (18 per cent), a luxury car rental, (18 per cent) and first class/business class airline seats (15 per cent).

Indians are the most likely to buy new clothes (66 per cent), a phone package (55 per cent), waxing or hair removal services (33 per cent), dieting or weight management products or services (24 per cent), fitness classes (21 per cent), an tanning services (18 per cent) to get vacation ready.



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