Tourists are turning to Shimla for relief from the heat falling in the plains of the country, enjoying the pleasant weather on the ridge
A large number of tourists have started moving to the mountains to avoid the scorching heat falling in the country’s plains. Especially after the Pahalgam terror attack, tourists are reaching the tourist places of Himachal in large numbers instead of Kashmir. This causes Shimla, Manali, Kasauli, Narak
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In many cities of the state, on weekends, it has led to a fierce fight for rooms in hotels. A large number of people had reduced advance booking after the Pahalgam attack and less tourists have come to the mountains during the last one month. But now tourists have started coming to the mountains.
Alam is that on Saturday morning, traffic jam started in Kalka on the Kalka-Shimla highway. Shimla hotels have 80 to 90 percent, 85 to 90 percent in Kasauli, 60 to 80 percent in Manali, 60 to 70 percent in Dalhousie.
Tourists reach Shimla to escape the heat falling in the plains
Tourists going to Rohtang Pass to see snow
There was a situation of traffic jam throughout the day after the number of tourist vehicles in Shimla also increased. After this, Shimla’s Mall Road and Ridge were also completely filled with tourists. Punjab, Haryana, Chandigarh, Delhi more tourists are reaching the tourist destinations of the state. Tourists who wish to see snow are going to Rohtang Pass.
Shimla’s hotelier BR Sharma said that the tourism business has been badly destroyed in May in Indo-Pak in May. All advance booking was canceled, but now the number of tourists has increased.
A large number of tourists have reached Himachal on this weekend. Occupancy in Shimla has reached 80 to 90 percent. He said, the way tragic terrorist incident took place in Kashmir. After that tourists are afraid of going there. In such a situation, the tourism business in Himachal is expected to grow in the coming days.
Crowd of tourist gathered on Shimla’s ridge
Occupancy reached 90% percent
Rajiv Kumar, MD of Himachal Tourism Corporation (HPTDC), said that in Indo-Pak hotels of HPTDC, advance booking of about 80 lakh rupees was canceled. But now tourists are coming to the mountains. Holidays have started in schools in the plains. This has increased the number of tourists.
Last year Tourists reach 10 percent less than- GM
At the same time, HPTDC’s GM Anil Taneja said, “HPTDC hotels were 44 percent in the summer last year.” This time it fell to 34 percent. Now the number of tourists has definitely increased on weekends. He said, there is a large crowd of tourists at religious places as well.
Tourists enjoying pleasant weather on Shimla’s ridge
Pleasant weather in Himachal
There is a scorching heat in the plains of the country on these days. But these days there is a pleasant weather at the tourist destinations of the state. Temperatures are going on between 12 to 28 degrees Celsius in Shimla, Manali, Kufri, Narkanda, Dalhousie, Kasauli. The rains have reduced the temperature further during the last 24 hours. This has caused the weather and pleasant.
