Indians feel they are the most vacation deprived people in the world as they do not even take offs on vacation days as per the 2018 Vacation Deprivation report released by online travel portal Expedia.
The report, an annual survey of vacation habits across 19 countries highlighted that vacation deprivation is on the rise, and 75% of Indian feel vacation deprived which is the highest in the world followed by South Korea (72%) and Hong Kong (69%). Indian workers also do not take all vacation days and rank five in terms of markets that leave their vacations unused after Japan, Italy, Australia, New Zealand.
Manmeet Ahluwalia, marketing head, brand Expedia in India said: “We have seen an increase in support from Indian employers to take vacations. However, employees still do not avail their full vacation days because of reasons like missing out on important work decisions (#1, 25%), fear of being seen less committed (#1, 19%) or finding it difficult to coordinate time with their travel companion (#1, 33%). Our study also reflect that 18% Indians feel that those who are successful at their job don’t take vacation days.”
“We dug deeper to understand reasons which are keeping Indians away from taking vacations and realized that, Indians are the least to get a free pass while vacationing. They are expected to be available to their colleagues (#1, 34%) and supervisors (#1, 32%), making 34% Indians check their mails at least once per day. For 64% of Indians the impending workload after they come back from vacation is an important factor in deciding the length of their holiday. Not surprised to know that 17% of Indians have not taken any leave from past one year. These figures throw light on various factors resulting in making India the most vacation deprived nation in the world," said Ahluwalia.
55% Indians feel that vacation deprivation affects their productivity. Though the feeling of vacation deprivation among Indians have gone up, their guilt associated with taking a vacation has gone down by 9% from previous year to 63% in 2018. 63% Indians can do without a vacation for over three months and even though on an average Indians avail 15 days of vacation out of the 20 days they receives, 53% take fewer days than they get. Even after 78% bosses being supportive of vacations, Indians continue to get diverted by work while vacationing as 32% supervisors, 34% co-workers, 33% junior staff keep bothering Indians while they are vacationing.
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