Bengaluru: The online bus travel aggregator Abhibus on Thursday said he had witnessed a surge in demand for his services since June.
Also found that Bengaluru, Hyderabad and Pune are one of the main goals among passengers.
“We have witnessed a 60% surge in demand with more than 4.5 lakh bus bookings throughout the country since June,” Abhibus said in the release.
“The level of vaccination and removal of limiting locking across the state has triggered a recreational trip along with the essential journey that was previously ongoing.” It was said that 55% of travelers since June were truly vaccinated while 32% received the first dose.
The remaining 13% has a negative RT-PCR report to ensure the security of all tourists.
Rohit Sharma, COO, Abhibus, said, “We hope that with a higher level of vaccination, people feel safer to travel and revisit their travel plans that have been postponed for the past year.” Abhibus reveals cities such as Bengaluru, Hyderabad, Pune, Visakhapatnam, Jaipur and Chennai are the most preferred tourist destinations since June.
“At present, business and professional trips still form a large portion of this uptick in demand with a slight increase in non-professional and recreational trips,” he said.
Meanwhile, Redbus, another bus aggregator, announced a roll-out vaccination crew bus service at 600 main routes in the country.
This includes the Bengaluru-Coimbatore route.
All crew will have at least the first dose of vaccines, and passengers will only be permitted if they have taken at least one dose.
“This new setting guarantees that passengers on the intercity bus to travel with co-passengers and vaccinated crews.
Ticket bookings at this service require travelers to receive at least the first shots of the Covid-19 vaccine and they must submit the same evidence when rising, “The release of Redbus.
“Vaccinated buses are being introduced to work with private bus operators who have more than four five star rating on the platform,” he said.
Prakash Sangam, CEO, Redbus, said, “According to the latest surveys we did, 89% of passengers said that they preferred traveling with buses that had all bus staff and co-passengers vaccinated with at least one dose of Covid -19 vaccines.”