hyderabad after udta punjab it is udta telangana at least for singlewomen travellers in the state with a recent survey suggesting that the telugu state accounts for the second highest number of such travellers in the country after punjaba report published by the ministry of statistics and programme implementation on june 29 shows that 60 per cent of all singlemember overnight trips are by womenthe report titled key indicators of domestic tourism in india provides interesting data on women travelling alone in the countrythe survey was conducted from july 2014 to june 2015 in which nearly 86 lakh households in telangana were surveyed it was found that out of 11 lakh persons who took overnight trips in telangana during the yearlong period 60 per cent of them were single women travellers in punjab this figure stands at 66 per centexperts opine that families in southern states are broadminded enough to send women on solo trips as compared to other states we have observed that families in other parts of the country are more conservative about sending women out for solo trips in southern states such as telangana families are open to the idea of single woman travelling alone said hetal doshi founder of the wander girls a womens only travel companystanding testimony to this are figures provided in the report which show that after telangana kerala 58 per cent tamil nadu 55 per cent and andhra pradesh 53 per cent have the highest number of singlewomen travellerswomen in telangana dont need any company when comes to domestic tourism the study says singlewomen travellers spend more on travel for health and medicine related issues as well as shopping and holidaying or leisure the study reveals that on an average singlewomen travellers in telangana spend rs 17470 yearly on travel for health and medicine rs 12122 on travel for shopping and rs 7311 on holidaying leisureshopping is a priority for many women mostly single women form a group and travel to places such as kerala and goa for leisure as well as shopping said anil punjabi chairman east of travel agents federation of indiafor trips that are all about leisure and recreation the summer season ie mayjune is the peak period the report said but for shopping trips winter decemberfebruary is preferred pilgrimage and religious trips are undertaken more frequently in july and august a majority of trips for shopping nearly 80 per cent are for a short duration up to two to three nights on an average from rural and urban areas for trips with purpose holidaying a majority nearly 55 per cent are of a longer duration four nights or more whereas the average duration of trips was between six and seven nights for holidaying and medical purposessolo women travellers from telangana look for support from local residents better transport and other facilities the study says while travelling alone it is very important to know how friendly the residents are to single women travellers as they are the ones who