Survey: Over 60% Bangladeshis consider flights safest during pandemic

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The survey also revealed that 25.5% said they might not travel this season, 32.9% had already travelled and 41.6% were considering traveling in the next three months

Two-thirds of the Bangladeshi travellers consider air travel to be the safest mode of transportation during Covid-19.

The info was revealed on Wednesday within an opinion poll conducted by The Bangladesh Monitor, a travel and tourism publication.

In line with the survey, a complete of 66.7% of the passengers who participated in the survey chose flights as the safest option amid the Covid-19 pandemic, while 23.3% opted for trains.

In terms of challenges, 37.7% of the respondents felt that restoring passengers' confidence was the largest one, 33.5% said it had been maintaining health and hygiene, while 28.8% of respondents thought the biggest challenge lay with the travel restrictions set up.

The survey showed that 49.9% respondents felt that high cost was the largest concern with flights in Bangladesh at this moment, while 31.4% mentioned personal safety and 18.7% thought it had been the protocols at the airports.

In addition, 57% persons felt that health and hygiene standards in local airlines were perfect, while 30.7% considered it satisfactory and the others 12.3% said it had been not up to the standards at all. 

According to the survey, 35.8% of the respondents said they might travel for business purposes while 30.5% said they would travel for leisure and 33.7% for family tours.

The survey also revealed that 25.5% said they would not travel this season while 32.9% regular domestic travellers had already travelled and 41.6% were considering traveling within the next three months.

The survey also mentioned that, In the event of international travel, 53.5% would go abroad for travelling through the pandemic while 29.4% would do so for business and 17.1% for medical purposes.

59% holiday seekers desired to create their dream holidays in Asia in the post Covid-19 situation, while 32.1% favored Europe and 8.2% Americas.

In the survey, a complete of 39.6% of participants said India was their first destination for medical purposes while 31.7% chosen Thailand, and 28.7% for Singapore.

Based on the survey, 47.1% of the persons said they would not plan an outbound trip until a vaccine arrived while 43.3% said that they had plans to go abroad in the next 90 days, and 9.6% had already travelled.

When asked how they favored buying air tickets during the pandemic, 68.3% of the persons preferred to get their tickets via an online travel agency (OTA), 22.4% liked to buy from a traditional travel agency, while 9.3% were more enthusiastic about buying tickets directly from the airline.

A total of 4,452 respondents took part in the web survey, that was conducted between September 1 and 25.

Of the respondents, 26% were between 20-30 years, 22% between 31 and 40, 20% between 41 and 50, 18% belonged to the 51-60 years age group, and the others were over 60. 87% of the respondents were from business while 10% were service-job holders and 3% were students. 
Source: https://www.dhakatribune.com

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