<p>In times of COVID-19, factors such as hygiene, sanitisation and social distancing have toppled ‘on time’ travel as the top priority among frequent travellers.</p>.<p>According to a survey conducted by ‘IntrCity RailYatri’, an inter-city mobility network, a whopping 71% of the 20,000 respondents indicated that they would drop plans for leisure travel, including those to mark festive occasions.</p>.<p>‘On time’ travel, which used to be the top priority among travellers, has been pushed to the fifth position after hygiene and sanitisation, social distancing, comfort and ticket cost.</p>.<p>The survey also found that over 31% respondents were stuck in wrong cities due to the lockdown and the top priority for them was to get home immediately.</p>.<p>A surprisingly large (38%) travellers displayed a high level of optimism regarding the return to normalcy. Around 35% were unsure and 25% of the participants believe that it will be a while before life goes back to the way it was.</p>.<p>The survey is a compilation of responses and sentiments of users across the Metros, Tier-1, and Tier-2 cities of India. It was conducted between April 15 and May 7 among travellers in the age group of 18 years to 52 years.</p>.<p>The findings highlight that bus and train travellers were optimistic of travel in next three months as opposed to domestic air travellers.</p>.<p>As many as 59% respondents said they would switch to online ticket bookings for bus travel to adhere to social distancing norms, dealing a huge blow to last-minute sales by agents and touts at popular boarding points.</p>.<p>“The survey has brought forward some very interesting insights in the decision-making pattern of customers in a post-COVID-19 market. Our intention behind this activity was to gain deeper insights into the evolving mindset of the inter-city traveller,” Kapil Raizada, Co-Founder, IntrCity said.</p>
<p>In times of COVID-19, factors such as hygiene, sanitisation and social distancing have toppled ‘on time’ travel as the top priority among frequent travellers.</p>.<p>According to a survey conducted by ‘IntrCity RailYatri’, an inter-city mobility network, a whopping 71% of the 20,000 respondents indicated that they would drop plans for leisure travel, including those to mark festive occasions.</p>.<p>‘On time’ travel, which used to be the top priority among travellers, has been pushed to the fifth position after hygiene and sanitisation, social distancing, comfort and ticket cost.</p>.<p>The survey also found that over 31% respondents were stuck in wrong cities due to the lockdown and the top priority for them was to get home immediately.</p>.<p>A surprisingly large (38%) travellers displayed a high level of optimism regarding the return to normalcy. Around 35% were unsure and 25% of the participants believe that it will be a while before life goes back to the way it was.</p>.<p>The survey is a compilation of responses and sentiments of users across the Metros, Tier-1, and Tier-2 cities of India. It was conducted between April 15 and May 7 among travellers in the age group of 18 years to 52 years.</p>.<p>The findings highlight that bus and train travellers were optimistic of travel in next three months as opposed to domestic air travellers.</p>.<p>As many as 59% respondents said they would switch to online ticket bookings for bus travel to adhere to social distancing norms, dealing a huge blow to last-minute sales by agents and touts at popular boarding points.</p>.<p>“The survey has brought forward some very interesting insights in the decision-making pattern of customers in a post-COVID-19 market. Our intention behind this activity was to gain deeper insights into the evolving mindset of the inter-city traveller,” Kapil Raizada, Co-Founder, IntrCity said.</p>
