Consumers’ intentions to travel or buy movie tickets have seen a sharp rise in the past two-three months as the vaccination count rises and the economy shows signs of recovery. QuantEco Research used data from Google searches for booking Oyo rooms, travelling through MakeMyTrip, and buying movie tickets from BookMyShow, etc. to get an insight into consumer demand.

       Plotting four-week moving averages of these searches on graphs showed that consumption is rising. Besides travel and movie outings, searches for Oyo rooms also showed some improvement but it was not as sharp. After ...