Where are Indians travelling during the monsoon?
With restrictions in various cities in India beginning to ease, people are more keen to plan a quick, safe getaway. Analysing these trends and data, Booking.com in their recent report unpacked the destinations that Indians wish to explore for travel in the upcoming months. Indias most-booked monsoon destinations  According to data based on the bookings made for the months of July and August in 2021, not only are Indians more eager to travel in the following months, they are also looking at a host of destinations to travel to. The top 10 domestic destinations to travel in the monsoon includes:  New Delhi  Lonavla  Mumbai  Manali  Bengaluru  Jaipur  Chennai  Goa  Gurugram  Kolkata  The type of stays that travellers are booking are changing too. Heres what travellers are opting for, in order of preference:  Hotels  Resorts  Villas  Guest houses  Apartments  An eagerness to travel in 2021  Another set of data - booking.coms Back to Travel research was collected in January through an online survey. It showed that 68% of Indian travellers want to travel in 2021, especially because of not being able to do so in 2020. 70% have used their time at home to make plans to travel and 72% of them revealed that the importance of travel has increased from what it was before the pandemic. Further, 64% of Indians opted for more vacation days to enjoy longer vacations in 2021. This survey was conducted on adults who were planning to travel in the following 12 months of the year. In total, the survey had 28,042 respondents across 28 countries including India.