According to sources anti-Citizenship Amendment Act protests have seen over 50 per cent drop in train ticket bookings, especially in metro cities, in the past few days. Furthermore tourist bookings have also been affected. Apparently travel in general and train travel in particular has been affected by the protests against Citizenship Amendment Act. Online train ticket discovery and booking engine Confirmtkt has witnessed close to 60 per cent decline in travel bookings since the protests started in different cities.
Perhaps bookings in the last few days have fallen to 28 lakh from 68 lakh in the year-ago period and the decline is clearly evident in metro cities and some of the other cities that saw massive protests. Further the Anti-Citizenship Amendment Act protests have seen over 50 per cent drop in train ticket bookings, especially in metro cities, in the past few days and also tourist bookings have also been affected. Perhaps online train ticket discovery and booking engine Confirmtkt has witnessed close to 60 per cent decline in travel bookings since the protests started in different cities. Bookings in the last few days have fallen to 28 lakh from 68 lakh in the year-ago period. Apparently the decline is clearly evident in metro cities and some of the other cities that saw massive protests.
Reportedly New delhi saw the highest decline of 37.44 per cent, followed by Dibrugarh with 23 per cent. bengaluru recorded 11.45 per cent decline in travel bookings. guwahati and kolkata too experienced a slump in travel. Many travellers also had cancelled their bookings, anticipating tough conditions during the protests. Bajpai said “Travel advisories issued might also impact foreign tourist arrival numbers for year-end travel".
