Professionals prefer short, frequent holidays: Survey

"Indians still rank second globally in the number of people logging in during vacation with 47 per cent checking regularly and 39 per cent checking sometimes.

These trends indicate the increasing levels of stress and further highlight the importance of a good break," Ahluwalia added.

The study is an annual analysis of vacation habits across 22 countries and was conducted online by Harris Interactive among 8,687 employed adults in September and October 2012 on behalf of Expedia.com in North America, Europe, Asia, South America and Australia.