Indian travellers seeking cheaper flights, hotels

Indian travellers are looking for low cost air travel options and cheap hotel rooms as the domestic tourism industry starts to pick up in the wake of the ongoing economic recovery.
This trend will pick up pace in the coming years, speakers at a seminar 'The Challenge of Change' in tourism at the ongoing SATTE-ITB 2010 travel fair said here Friday.
The tourism, aviation and travel segments - the three components that make up the industry - are learning to listen to customers, said Aditya Ghosh, president, Indigo Airlines.
'We are now listening to customers. The last three years have shown that we are no different from the world and customers' expectations and profiles have changed,' he said.
Over the last 18 months, travel and tourism trade have been receiving tremendous support from business travellers - much more than the leisure segment - and they are looking for variety in their itineraries and transport.
According to statistics furnished by Confederation of Indian Industry at SATTE, business travel bookings are expected to show a gentle upswing in 2010.
Business travellers with tighter purses are looking for bargains and budget hotels, the industry group said. It is a time of recovery, after the industry logged a 15 percent drop last year.
30/01/10 Bombay News.Net

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