Indians hate holidays - India is 4th most holiday-starved nation

A study undertaken by a global travel agency Expedia has discovered that Indians hate to go on holidays and India is ranked as the 4th most vacation-starved country with 65% of those polled complaining of not enough R&R. Only the UAE (76%), Malaysia (73%) and Singapore (71%) have it worse.
This has bee reported in timesofindia.indiatimes.com dated 22 November 2015.

One of the reasons is that 68% Indians have to cancel or postpone their vacation due to work commitments. The interesting fact is that even though their bosses are more inclined to letting them holiday (70% up from 64% last year), they usually avail of fewer days off than their assigned quota (in both 2015 and 2014, vacation time was an average of 16 days).
An inference can be drawn that Indians are addicted to their work because the work environment is more competitive. The survey was conducted online from October 6 - 22, 2015 - there were 9,273 employed adults aged 18 years and older in 26 countries involved in the study. The countries were across North America, Europe, South America and Asia Pacific.
The survey found that 11% 'strongly agreed' they could not utilize their entire annual holiday quota because they were so busy at work.
Indians scored the highest on this metric, with 23%. Thailand, UAE and Mexico at 16%, and Malaysia at 15% were close behind. Obviously, Indians are workaholics - the study has been conducted for the last two years and Indians have ranked among the most vacation-deprived both years.

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