OYO CEO Ritesh Agarwal told on social media that on the last day of 2022, a large number of people turned to Varanasi to celebrate the new year. He told that for the new year people booked hotels for Varanasi more than Goa. While Goa is popular for its beach and nightlife, Varanasi located in Uttar Pradesh is the exact opposite and is considered as the spiritual capital of India.
Bookings from Goa are rising by the hour. But guess the city that is overtaking Goa?
Varanasi.
PS: We are nearly sold out across 700+ cities globally.#CheckIn2023
— Ritesh Agarwal (@riteshagar) December 31, 2022
In his post on Twitter, Agarwal wrote (translated) “Bookings from Goa are increasing by the hour. But guess which city is beating Goa? Varanasi. PS: We serve to around 700+ cities globally Sold out.”
Since the start of the Covid pandemic, this time in the new year, people have turned to popular locations like Shimla, Goa, Agra and Varanasi in a big way, defying the fear of Covid.
Over 450k+ bookings were made on this New Year’s Eve globally. This is 35% more than last year.
We are also seeing the highest bookings per hotel per day for India in the last 5 years today.
#CheckIn2023— Ritesh Agarwal (@riteshagar) December 31, 2022
According to Aggarwal, globally more than 4.50 lakh bookings were for New Year’s Eve, which was 35 percent more than in 2021.
In another tweet, he told that this time in the last five years OYO took the maximum number of bookings. He wrote, (translated) “We are also seeing the highest bookings per hotel per day for India in the last 5 years today.”
In his tweet made at 9 pm on December 31, a graph was shared, in which Agarwal said that till the time of tweeting, OYO The price change on the app had increased up to 1.27 crore times.