Ahmedabad: In modern tech culture, social networking may be the ideal venue for virtual travellers across the world to see the world’s beauty, but travel is about so much more than grabbing that perfect Instagram photo. Travel should have a purpose. It should enthral and inspire you, refresh and ground you, educate and challenge you, and most importantly it should be a humbling process.
Travel provides people with memorable stories, treasured experiences, and innumerable valuable lessons that we might choose to pass on to others. It educates about oneselves and each other, broadens perspectives, and forces one to refocus on what is truly important, like a reset button.
Travelling pushes one out of the comfort zone and encourages one to try new things to see, taste, and experience. It continuously tests one, not just in terms of adapting to and exploring new environments, but also in terms of engaging with new people, embracing new adventures as they arise, and sharing new and significant experiences with friends and family.
According to the findings of a study conducted by an online travel business, Indians are firming up their trip plans for the year 2022 after two years of on-again, off-again travel restrictions and the rise and fall of three Covid waves.
“Around 68 per cent of Indians polled indicated they would travel domestically within nine months of the travel restrictions being abolished, while 39 per cent said they would go globally.”
“A total of 10% and 16% of Indians, respectively, want to wait more than a year before embarking on local and overseas vacations. The 45+ age group, on the other hand, is the most cautious, with 28% saying they will not travel until all Covid-19 travel restrictions have been abolished.”
“Even though overseas travel has been put on hold for the time being, close to 39% of Indian travellers intend to go to international places by 2022,” according to the report.
However, nearly three-quarters of Indians (58%) indicated they plan to take one to three holidays per year in the future, with one in ten planning four to six vacations and only 4% planning seven to ten vacations per year.
“While a quarter of individuals intend to take the same number of travels as they did before the epidemic, the same number expects to take more holidays every year in the future,” the report stated.
Let’s make sure the infection doesn’t have a chance. For two years, the infection had turned lives upside down. Masks and sanitisers have become part of our daily routine. They’ll be needed for a while more until COVID-19 is no longer a pandemic.
(Sunidhi Bhatt)
