London: People prefer to use Facebook messages for staying in touch with
their loved ones back home rather than using traditional modes of communication
like postcards,a new research has found.According to the study,the rise of the
smartphones means holidaymakers can tweet or text about their fun in the sun
rather than putting pen to paper,with many dismissing postcards as too slow.
The
research showed that just one in six holidaymakers now send postcards to friends
and family when they go abroad.Nearly half of the 2,000 people surveyed said
they had never sent a postcard rather preferring to text,call or use Facebook
to keep in touch with home,the Daily Mail reported.
The
figure increases to more than half of young people aged under 24,many of whom
take their social life abroad with them by posting envy-inducing photos of
their adventures online for their friends back home.
Many holidaymakers
choose to keep in regular touch with home,with others continuing to use the
internet to check the news as well as maps and guidebooks.Over all 46% of those
surveyed admitted to keeping in constant touch with friends and family at home
when they go abroad.
According to the
study,sending text messages is the biggest cause of the decline of the
postcard,with more than half of people (60%) surveyed using texts as a way to
keep friends and family updated.
Phoning home is the
second most popular way to stay in touch,while a third of holidaymakers (34%)
use Facebook and 29% choose to e-mail loved ones about their travels.
Almost four in 10
people surveyed dismissed postcards as too slow,while more than a third (36%)
felt that finding a stamp or a postbox was too difficult.Nearly one in 10 (8%)
were worried about the postman reading their holiday news.
Source : The Times of
India, August 15, 2012
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