The company says that it has seen a 20% increase in bookings from Bengaluru to Kerala ahead of the Onam festival this time as compared to previous years.
The company says that it has seen a 20% increase in bookings from Bengaluru to Kerala ahead of the Onam festival this time as compared to previous years.
Intercity bus ticketing firm RedBus has said that over 60,000 Keralites living in Bengaluru have booked tickets on its platform to travel to various destinations in Kerala during Onam.
The company on September 7 said that it has seen a 20% increase in bookings from Bengaluru to Kerala ahead of the Onam festival this time as compared to previous years. The increase in seat reservations from September 4 was noticeable, prompting state road transport corporations to formulate and facilitate additional programs to meet the sudden surge in demand.
According to RedBus, Madiwala and Silkboard continue to be major boarding points for people traveling from Bengaluru to various destinations in Kerala.
Some 12% of these passengers have booked for Ernakulam, Kozhikode (10%), Thiruvananthapuram (8%), Thrissur (6%), Kannur (6%), while the rest (58%) travel to other parts of the state. are doing. , according to RedBus.
The top five bus operators providing services on these routes are KSRTC (Kerala), Yatra Logistics, A1 Travels, Kallada Travels and Kerala Lines.
RedBus has sold over 180 million bus tickets globally since its inception in 2006 in Bengaluru. The platform is now part of the travel booking site MakeMyTrip.
“We have not visited the properties of our homes in the last few years due to Covid. Also, Bengaluru is in complete mess at present and there is no fun in celebrating Onam here,” said Arjun and Kalyani Nair, an IT couple, who traveled to Kerala on Monday.