Click to play videoMumbai: Mumbai is just waking up after the nightmare. The images beamed across the world by news networks have shaken many who were planning to visit the country.
According to Industry sources, over 40 per cent of the holidaymakers have cancelled their bookings. People are also planning to fly less. Bookings to holiday destinations like Goa are down by over 60 per cent.
‘‘The impact has been tremendous and absolutely phenomenal in the negative flipside'' says MD, Travel Agents Assn of India, Rajinder Rai.
After Britain, US, France, Singapore and Australia advised their citizens against travelling to Mumbai, hotels are seeing a 20-25 per cent increase in cancellations..
‘‘On the tourism front we had close to 40 per cent cancellation and on corporate front its about 15 per cent cancellations,'' MD, India & Middle East, FCM Travel Solutions, Rahul Nath.
Every year it’s between November and Feberuary that India sees a maximum amount of tourist traffic, this year however cancellation have already begun
The immediate short term impact of this terror attack is likely to last for a month but its the long term loss that the industry is worried about top tourist destinations like Agra, Jaipur, Goa and Kerala could also suffer.
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