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Holi drives air fares up 2x on select routes
Financial Express Chennai
|March 13, 2025
Holiday Rush
BOOKINGS FOR DESTINATIONS across the northern cities of the country and to a bunch of tourist hotspots have seen a spike during the Holi long weekend.
According to data supplied by online travel platform ixigo, there has been an average 45-50% year-on-year (y-o-y) increase in flight bookings close to the festival, driven by a mix of homebound travel, leisure getaways and spiritual tourism.
Additionally, cultural hotspots have also witnessed a surge in demand. Flight bookings to Ayodhya have skyrocketed by 50% y-o-y, while Varanasi and Amritsar have seen a 20-30% increase.
This story is from the March 13, 2025 edition of Financial Express Chennai.
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