New Delhi: The surge in the case of Omicron has surpassed the short period of the Indian travel industry in the past few months.
Fear of being infected, more stringent testing and quarantine norms by countries have led to a decrease in the number of tourists and increased cancellations.
Bengal has limited domestic flights from Delhi and Mumbai.
At almost 3.9 lakh, India saw the highest post-covid daily daily leaflet number on December 26, 2021.
On Tuesday (January 4), this figure has fallen with Lakh or nearly 26 percent to the bottom of the 3-lakh sign (2.9 lakh ) After almost two months (see box).
On average, around 4.2 lakh ordinary people fly in this country in pre-covid when the winter peak season season is used until mid-January.
Senior airline officials said advancing domestic bookings, to travel beyond two weeks, it has dropped to 35 percent and a 20 percent current.
The worst hit is Metro-to-Metro traffic due to a combined decline in business trips, recreation and friend visits and relatives (VFR).
Like other people, the travel industry that struggles to survive hoping Omicron will be a sharp and short explosion in the number of irregular cases.
“Events that must be hosted in the near future are postponed by several months but not canceled because the experience of South Africa shows two things – cases of omicron case as fast as they rise and that these variants are infectious but less deadly (compared to Delta),” said a hotel .
But for now “business pickup has slowed since the last week of December.
The hotel sees more than a routine cancellation that is seen in a certain period of time,” Hoteler added.
International trips are also affected, and not only because Omicron leads to the expanded suspension of scheduled foreign flights.
“A number of overseas universities provide a choice for long-distance studies.
As a result, a number of students who will return to the US in time for the opening of college around mid-January delay their journey,” said the Federation of Travel Agents from Indian Joint Secretaries Anil Kalsi.
Apart from this, the workforce to catch this virus leads to foreign airlines that cancel flights due to lack of crew.
Visa Majat VFS Global Tweeted Thursday: “We have suspended temporary operations at our Indian passport and visa service center in Sydney from January 10, 2022, until further notice due to a positive case of Covid-19.
All appointments that have been ordered effectively, this date holder Canceled …
“German Ambassador to India Walter J Lindner Tweeted Wednesday:” New Covid-19 Wave also at the German Embassy.
Increased number of Indian and German colleagues in quarantine / self-insulation after testing positive people or contacts.
Back to a / B-Teams, headquarters (if possible) and strict steps.
We will all pass this! But again: mask, distance, and vaccination.
“” The German consulate is also influenced by covid waves and operations, unfortunately maybe Also upgraded for now.
We regret all discomfort caused by particularly for visa services, “Juergen Morhard, German Consul General in Mumbai, tweeted.
Hong Kong has imposed flights from several countries.
Air India – The only Indian carrier flying there until now – will not operate flights to Hong Kong for about two weeks.