Chennai travel market on recovery track; 70% people keen to travel: Report

In addition to its holiday business, Thomas Cook India has observed increased uptick from the wedding and honeymoon segment

Chennai’s prime travel market is seeing a 70 per cent increase in demand on a month-on-month basis since the re-opening in June 2021, said a report by Thomas Cook (India) Limited, India’s leading integrated travel services company.

After 18 months of Covid-induced restrictions, with positive announcements on re-opening of borders and vaccine acceptance, the company’s data reveals strong travel desire from Chennai’s customers, the report said. The upcoming festive and winter season, together with Expo 2020 Dubai, is resulting in encouraging recovery at 55 per cent of pre-pandemic levels overall; an impressive 290 per cent for domestic travel; 60 per cent