MID-DAY (April 6, 2017)

Amitabh Bachchan has been voted as the ‘Most Desirable Male Celebrity Travel Companion’ in a survey conducted by a hospitality website. Over 300 Indian users took the survey with one-third of them opting for the 74-year-old megastar. Next to Big B are cricket icon Sachin Tendulkar (31.7 per cent votes), followed by Ranbir Kapoor and Indian cricket skipper Virat Kohli, respectively.

Among female celebs that Indians fancy traveling with, Deepika Padukone garnered maximum votes at 53 per cent while Priyanka Chopra occupied second slot at 40.3 per cent, a statement said. Sunny Leone and Jacqueline Fernandez came in at third and fourth place respectively followed by Alia Bhatt at fifth spot in the survey by Hotels.com. Even as Indian movie stars and cricket names primarily dominated the list, international football player Cristiano Ronaldo was at number five with 27.3 per cent votes. Among the most unpopular celebrity travel partners were Rakhi Sawant with 44 per cent votes, followed by Bipasha Basu 28.7 per cent) and Vidya Balan (26 per cent).