Fun with family, friends top priority of desi vacationers

Mumbai, Dec 3 (PTI) The wanderlust Indians lovetravelling more to have fun with the family and friends as 49per cent of the respondents of a survey went on a vacation forthe same."Maximum (49 per cent) travellers went on a trip forfun with friends and the family, of which one-fourth went tointernational locations," according to a survey by travelportal MakeMyTrip.This survey was conducted among travellers up to 35years from actual booking done on the MakeMyTrip platformbetween November 15 and December 15, 2017.The survey has also found that of those looking forfun with family and friends, beaches were the most preferredlocations, followed by hills in domestic destination, whilefor international travels they preferred short hauldestinations like Thailand and the UAE.City-tours, shopping and beach visits were the mostpreferred activities across domestic as well as internationallocations. However, visit to amusement parks and boat ridesseemed to be a little high on priority among internationaltravellers, it added.Meanwhile, for those exploring new destinationsbeaches and hills topped the list in domestic places among therespondents, it said.The survey revealed that the explorers also preferredshort haul destinations for international with Singapore asthe most preferred destination.About 7 per cent of the overall respondents went fortheir honeymoons, of which 40 per cent were to internationaldestinations, it said.Most of these honeymooners preferred beaches wereattracted to the beaches, some also went to the hills andheritage cities, the survey said.Among the global destinations the most preferred was Indonesia followed by Thailand and Singapore.

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