Dubai: The Seychelles or Maldives? These two island getaways are the most popular destinations for the many UAE travellers heading back to the skies for the first time since the COVID-19 breakout.
And this week’s Eid break is giving them just the chance to do so,” said Vipul Prakash, Chief Operating Officer at MakeMyTrip. “We are noticing consistent month-on-month recovery with bookings returning to pre-COVID-19 levels.”
This is despite key routes such as those to India and the UK as well as other key destinations on the Subcontinent coming under severe restrictions on flights.
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Travel companies and hotel operators are doing their bit via special rates in the hope that this will convince more people to get back to travelling and booking extended stays at destinations. Airline tickets to Seychelles are available at just over Dh2,500; those to the Maldives from around Dh3,700; while those who are looking for a trip to Cairo can expect to shell out a budget-frien
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New set of travellers who prefer secluded resorts, hardship for small hotels, reduced number of airport pickups … the virus has turned one of India’s most popular tourist destinations on its head.
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Nothing deters Indians from travelling, when Goa is the destination. The lockdown may have restricted travellers for a few months owing to the mandatory COVID tests, but no sooner did Goa relax the rules, that there was an influx of domestic travellers from across the country.
Waiting to break-free and experience unbridled fun albeit in the form of ‘stayacations’ and ‘workacations’, from friend’s villas to budget hotels and way-out, but well-equipped five-star resorts, travellers sought them all.