Cheer is returning to the travel and tourism sector, too. “Demand has come back strongly,” said Sunil Bhaskaran, CEO of AirAsia India. “We have seen a recovery in our bookings in the last seven days.”
While Omicron did not impact essential travel as severely as earlier Covid waves did, leisure travel was hit for 3-4 weeks, said MakeMyTrip group CEO Rajesh Magow. But in the last 10-odd days, the booking curve has gone up significantly, he added – both for hotels and for Goa, the popular destination that Omicron temporarily put off the tourism map. “We are hoping this momentum

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