Good Evening friends, it’s Saturday but I was so busy from morning. I was busy with the cancelation of our diwali vacation trip. My son Shivam Patel is having his Diwali vacation from Oct 24, 2008. Just one week remain for diwali vaction. It is holiday season once again but this time the crashing sensex leads everyone towards cut costs. Sensex below 10000 force Travelers like me to cancel the trips to manage with the losses.
This October, Diwali does not seems good for gujarati like me and rest of all too. Me and my family plan to travel abroad. I had invested money in the stock market thinking that during Diwali time it will go up. I thought I would withdraw the money and go to a foreign destination, but it’s over now and I have to cancel that plan.
For all those who had banked on the Sensex upswing and made plans to holiday abroad, the global meltdown proved to be a real dampener. I am sure there are many like me who need to cancle their diwali vacation trip. I and my family planed to go to Concord, Pismo beach and San Diego in California.
It’s not only me the only bitter holidaymaker. For a travel agency in Ahmedabad, it has been a far cry from last year when it was teeming with anxious clients inquiring about foreign tours. This year, business has fallen by as much as half and many are now calling in to cancel their bookings. If you talk to travel consultancy here, everyone will says it’s down by as much as 50 to 60 per cent.
Gujaratis comprise a major chunk of Indian tourists going to foreign destinations. But this year, the crashing Sensex and inflation have forced footloose Gujaratis to stay at home which is a huge blow to the travel industry.The global economic slowdown has definitely taken the bang out of Diwali so much so that even special offers and discounts have no takers.
