Indians are the most vacation deprived (75 percent) in the world and 41 percent have not taken a vacation in past six months as they could not get time off work, according to a report.

Vacation deprivation is on the rise, and 75 percent of Indians feel vacation deprived which is the highest in the world followed by South Korea (72 percent) and Hong Kong (69 percent), according to the annual Expedia 2018 Vacation Deprivation Report.

Indian workers also do not take all vacation days and rank five to leave their vacations unused after Japan, Italy, Australia, New Zealand.

This research for the report was conducted on behalf of Expedia by Northstar Research Partners, in 19 countries among 11,144 employed adults aged 18 and over.

The survey was conducted online from September 19-28, 2018 across North America, Europe, South America and Asia-Pacific.

"We have seen an increase in support from Indian employers to take vacations. However, employees still do not avail their full vacation days as they feel they are missing out on important work decisions, fear of being seen as less committed or finding it difficult to co-ordinate time with their travel companion. Our study also reflects that 18 percent Indians feel that those who are successful at their job don't take vacation days," said Expedia India marketing head Manmeet Ahluwalia.

For 64 percent of Indians the impending workload after they come back from vacation is an important factor in deciding the length of their holiday, he said.

"Not surprised to know that 17 percent of Indians have not taken any leave from past one year. These figures throws light on various factors resulting in making India the most vacation deprived nation in the world," he added.

However, 55 percent Indians feel that vacation deprivation affect their productivity.

Though the feeling of vacation deprivation among Indians have gone up, their guilt associated with taking a vacation has gone down by 9 percent to 63 percent this year compared to the previous year.

One of the leading reasons people don't use their vacation time is because they're saving them for a big trip.