Online air ticket bookings register 7% growth in Sept 2012: IAMAI

On e-tailing sites in the monthly tracker, online user visits to the mobile phone and book segment has increased by 17 per cent and 27 per cent, respectively

BestMediaInfo Bureau | Delhi | November 5, 2012

The Internet Economy Watch Report for September 2012 released recently by the Internet & Mobile Association of India (IAMAI) indicates a marginal growth of 7 per cent in online booking of air tickets compared with the corresponding month last year. Air tickets booked online in September 2012 were 1.55 million compared with 1.46 million in September 2011. The growth rate is the lowest when compared with the numbers of the previous months of the current financial year. The online bookings on irctc.com witnessed y-o-y growth of 17 with 5.77 million online bookings in September 2012 as compared to 4.92 million in September 2011.

Source: IAMAI/ Online Travel Portals

According to data captured from prominent e-tailing sites in the monthly tracker, the online user visits to the mobile phone and book segment has increased by 17 per cent and 27 per cent, respectively, compared with the corresponding month last year. A significant increase has been registered in the online user visits to branded apparel segment. The number of hits has increased to 5.99 million in September 2012 from 4.62 million in September 2011. The online user visit to footwear segment increased from 3.94 million in September 2011 to 4.49 million in September 2012, a y-o-y increase of 14 per cent.

Source: IAMAI/e-Commerce sites

In September 2012, the number of resume uploads on job portals and profile uploads on matrimonial sites has shown a y-o-y growth of 6 per cent and 13 per cent, respectively. While the number of resume uploads in September 2012 was 1.75 million against 1.65 million in the corresponding month last year, the number of profile upload on matrimonial websites was 1.18 million in September 2012 against 1.04 million September 2011.

Source: IAMAI/ Vertical Classifieds

The monthly Internet tracker by IAMAI is based on absolute numbers captured from various relevant sites, and encapsulates online usage for E-tailing, Online Travel and Vertical Classifieds.

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