NEW DELHI: About 40% Indians do not go on vacations due to their work schedule that either does not allow for vacations or there are not enough staff to look after their job in their absence, shows the 2016 Vacation Deprivation study by Expedia – an online travel company with presence in 33 countries.“Work schedule does not allow for vacation/not enough staff to cover - South Korea (43%), India (40%) and Malaysia (34%),” shows the survey.The survey also highlights that India is ranked as fifth most vacation deprived country globally, just after Spain(68%), UAE (68%); Malaysia (67%) and South-Korea (64%).The survey also shows that Indians received 21 annual vacation days but could only take 15 vacation days in the year, which is much less than that of countries like Brazil, France, Spain, Finland and UAE, which took 30 vacation days.About 21% Indians do not go on vacation because they also feel that important work decisions will be made without them followed by 18% each in Hong Kong and UAE.Interestingly, about 21% Indians feel that their not going on leaves would be perceived positively by their boss. About 12% respondents in South Korea and 11% in Brazil and Thailand each have similar feelings.While work schedule is the biggest reason for not going on leave. 14% Indians also say that they cannot afford to take holidays followed by Germany, Netherlands and Belgium, where 6% could not book holidays due to cash crunch.Other reasons for not going on vacation include not being able to plan a holiday. About 27% say that they found it difficult to coordinate time that works for them and their spouse/partner/family member/friend's schedule.The survey also shows that spouses are the favourite travel buddies for Indians- about 73% holiday with spouse followed by 59% with children, 53% with friends, 26% with colleagues and 9% with tour group.The survey also shows that Indians are second highest in the world , when it comes to exploring new destinations during holidays. While 78% Italians love to explore new destinations during vacations, 77% Indian respondents said that they love to explore new places on vacations followed by Singaporeans.For an additional day of vacation: 47% of Indians are ready to give up social media and television for a week, 30% would give up internet for a week and 27% can give up contact with their besties for a week.The survey further adds that 28% felt it would be a better idea to encash their unused leave.