India Fifth Most Vacation Deprived Country In The World
India are not going on vacations, and the reasons are plenty.
India has been ranked as the fifth most vacation deprived country in the world due to heavy work schedule, according to a survey.
India ranks as the fifth most vacation deprived country globally with 60 percent respondents corroborating with the view, according to Expedia’s Vacation Deprivation Report 2017. Expedia is an online travel agency.
South Korea stood at number one position with 82 percent, followed by France (66 percent), Malaysia (65 percent) and Hong Kong (64 percent), it added.
Among the least vacation deprived country, Norway is ranked number one at 38 percent followed by the Netherlands (39 percent), Ireland (44 percent), Sweden (44 percent) and Taiwan (44 percent).
This online survey was conducted on behalf of Expedia by Northstar Research Partners from Sept. 4-15, 2017 among 15,081 respondents across 30 countries.
The survey further revealed that 55 percent Indians take fewer days of the vacation days they get and 28 percent don't take leaves as work schedule does not allow for vacation or there are not enough staff to cover.