Survey reveals strong appetite for travel in UAE and Saudi

Survey reveals strong appetite for travel in UAE and Saudi

Almost three-quarters of people in the UAE and Saudi Arabia are ready to travel in the next six months, according to the latest Travel Insights Report from Dubai-based OTA platform Cleartrip.

However, those who responded to the survey revealed, not only would they be travelling for shorter periods, but also the distance to destinations would be much shorter.

Amit Taneja, chief commercial officer of Cleartrip, told Arabian Business the last 12-15 months had been “catastrophic” for the industry, but added: “The positive is that the intent to travel is there, the urge to travel is there. It's not that people are saying that travel is the last thing on their mind.”

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While 72 percent of respondents said they are keen to travel in the next six months, 16 percent said they were only comfortable doing so once they had been vaccinated.

Some 42 percent revealed that the duration of their next trip would be five days or less. “There's a very clear bias towards shorter breaks,” said Taneja.

The survey, which was conducted with 5,678 respondents living in the UAE and Saudi, also showed that the top five bucket