Bus ticket bookings soar for long festive period
4 months, 1 week ago

Bus ticket bookings soar for long festive period

Hindustan Times  

Maharashtra Tourism Development Corporation and private bus operators have reported rise in seat reservation for the extended Independence Day-Raksha Bandhan period. Punekars are preferably planning trips to Matheran, Lonavla, Mahabaleshwar and even offbeat destination spots for monsoon like Bhandardara in Nashik. According to redBus, an online bus ticketing platform, private operators are trying to meet the 31% rise in ticket booking as compared to last year by facilitating 4,571 active services. “We are getting good public response for the August 15-August 19 period with some centres having reached 70 per cent booking,” said Deepak Harne, regional manager, MTDC. Pramod Nehul, controller, MSRTC Pune division, said, “We have started getting advance bookings for Kolhapur, Satara, Nashik, Chhatrapati Sambhajinagar and other long routes as people generally visit hometown for festivals.

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Deccan Chronicle  

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