Kolkata: Tsunami Omicron cases in Europe and the US and warnings that India has also started climbing into third waves such as cliffs has flattened the travel curve.
“The revenge trip comes to sudden things.
Unlike the second wave when someone has a lot of warnings from where the situation is heading and traveling gradually tapering, it has happened too suddenly this time with a mass cancellation post December 25.
Journey Leisure International has stopped.
No one travels to Europe, even on business.
We even have to cancel rented flights to Phuket on January 6, “Gainwell Travel & Leisure Manoj Manoj nerves.
A vacation trip to Dubai, which appeared as a popular vacation destination, also stopped.
The only goal that has not witnessed a lot of cancellation is Maldives.
Raktim Ray of Dolphin Travels, who returned to Kolkata on Friday after touring an Egyptian 11 days with 20 travelers, was shocked on dramatic and sudden changes in the scenario.
“My Indian number is inaccessible during the trip.
So I didn’t realize that the situation had grown so much.
When I left, the travel plan jumped with people who wanted to order a vacation and travel soon and I put some of them because the flight was not available.
And now since I landed and turned on my phone, the only call I got was for cancellation, “he said.
Not only a recreational trip, even people who intend to travel abroad to visit friends and relatives support the fear that they can be stranded if India suddenly sealed the international border or placing the sidewalk on the flight.
Some are also wary of medical expenses if they are contracting Omicron abroad despite buying the insurance coverage of fat medical before foreign journey.
The real impact, said Manav Soni from exclusive journey, will be felt after mid-January when student traffic stopped.
“Unless we can control Covid numbers, there will be two to three months of pain for all travel industry,” he said.
A sharp increase in Covid cases in India also affected domestic travel.
Vijay Bhurani, a shop owner in Metro Plaza, who will travel to Kashmir with his wife and son, has canceled the trip because of a surge surge.
“I have elderly parents at home.
Security takes precedence,” rest.
Abhijit Manna, owner of Panchet Residency, a popular resort in Garh Panchakot in Purulia, said the question for the room during the Puja Saraswati vacation and a January 23 break which combined Netaji-born birthday with the Republican Day has dried up.
“In general we are flooded with queries for the January holiday period and even Holi so far this year.
But there are no fresh questions this time,” he said.
The managing director of the AR-Es Anil Punjabi journey said that mass cancellations, the third time was due to a pandemic, pounding the tourism industry that had been obsolete.
“We have to rise again like Phoenix.
But there will be some with their broken backs that will not be able to revive,” he urged.