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July 25, 2016 This article is more than 2 years old.

Indians simply cannot do without the internet.

Lack of connectivity is the biggest fear Indian travellers have. They would even trade basic necessities for access to the net, a recent survey by web browser firm Opera and budget hotels aggregation platform Wudstay shows.

So what is it that Indians do with the internet while traveling?

Most use it to update social media accounts, the survey shows. India has Facebook’s second-largest user base and is among Twitter’s top three markets.

Many respondents also said they would rather travel with their smartphones than with friends, colleagues, or siblings.