Mumbai, Oct 29 (PTI) More and more women have beguntravelling either in groups or solo and the trend is growingnot just in metros but also tier-II and III cities, accordingto a report by Paytm.
The report, based on actual bookings on Paytm fromApril-September, said while 46 per cent of the womentravelling solo or in groups belonged to tier-I cities, therehas been a healthy contribution from smaller towns with 29 percent and 25 per cent travelling from tier-II and III cities.
"It is very encouraging to note the healthy surge in thecontribution of women travellers on our platform. Our latestreport is a statistical evidence of increasing empowermentamongst women travellers and we believe it will encourage moreand more women to venture out and quench their wanderlust,"Paytm Vice President Abhishek Rajan said.
The age group of 25-34 years travelled the most,contributing more than 47 per cent to the total number ofwomen travellers in India, followed by the 35-44 years agegroup (23 per cent) and 45-59 years (12 per cent), accordingto the report.
The preferences for top five domestic destinationsremained similar to men, where Delhi topped the list followedby Bengaluru, Mumbai, Pune and Hyderabad.
While it came to international destinations, most womenpreferred Dubai, Kathmandu, Singapore and Bangkok thanks tothe cosmopolitan nature of these cities and the relativelyhigher concentration of Indian population, it added.
The report also found that women are likely to spendaround 10 per cent more on travel tickets compared men.
The average travel duration of women travellers are alsoslightly higher at six days, it said.
After establishing the brand in online travel market,Paytm is looking to ramp up its team to 250 in the comingmonths.
It has sold over 10 million travel tickets in FY17,launched flight ticket bookings in July 2016 and is now amongthe top three players for online flight ticket bookings.
The company had launched railway ticket bookings inOctober 2016. In January this year, Paytm's travel businesscrossed USD 500 million. PTI SM NRBABM.
This is unedited, unformatted feed from the Press Trust of India wire.
