Extended Holi weekend paints busy travel scene, flight bookings up 50%

travel and tourism sector is once again seeing increased activity, with flight bookings and hotel occupancies inching up as people try to make the most of the long weekend. 

According to travel platform ixigo, flight bookings have seen a year-on-year surge of 45-50 per cent, driven by a mix of homebound travel, leisure getaways, and spiritual tourism. 

Hotspots like Ayodhya, Varanasi, and Amritsar have seen an increase of 50 per cent and 20-30 per cent, respectively, in flight bookings. Among Tier-II and Tier-III cities, Gorakhpur recorded the highest increase in flight bookings at 154 per cent. While the festival continues