India 10th Most Vacation Deprived Nation: Study

37 percent Indians surveyed said they preferred getting money in exchange of unused holidays, which is the highest number in the world, followed closely by Brazil (30 percent).

Within the country too, people in Delhi topped the trend with 44 per cent of employees not redeeming their holidays and preferring to get money in exchange. Delhi is followed by Mumbai (24 percent) and Bangalore (36 percent).

With respect to saving vacations for future use Indians ranked third highest 46 per cent, in the world with Malaysia and Singapore leading with 56 per cent and 53 per cent respectively.

Overwork is another reason for people not going on vacations. The survey found that India is second highest in having maximum number of over worked people with people working for an average of 42 hours a week.

Hong Kong tops the list with people working an average of44 hours a week.

However, despite being the country with one of the most overworked people, 85 per cent people say they are satisfied with their job.

The study is an annual analysis of vacation habits across 24 countries and was conducted online by Harris Interactive among 8,535 employed adults between August and September 2013 on behalf of Expedia.

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