Himachal Tourism business picks up pace, Shimla hotels pack, tourists spend the night in vehicles
Tourism business has gained wings as soon as many restrictions of Corona are over in Himachal Pradesh. After most of the hotels in Shimla were packed on Saturday night, tourists had to spend the night in vehicles due to non-availability of rooms. There was no parking to park the cars. While some tourists reached Mashobra, Shoghi, Kufri, in search of rooms, some tourists spent the night in the city only in vehicles. Tourists also thronged Manali, McLeodganj, Dalhousie of Chamba, Khajjiar, Chail of Solan, Kasauli. 800 tourists reached Triund, the inaccessible tourist destination of Dharamsala. 90 percent hotels were booked in Bir Billing. Advance booking of hotels is being done. This month, on the weekend, record tourists have reached all the tourist places of the state including Shimla. Superintendent of Police Shimla Mohit Chawla said that about 22,000 vehicles have moved through Shoghi Barrier this weekend.
Crowd of tourists gathered in McLeodganj.
Around 11000 tourist vehicles entered Shimla city. Additional police force has been deployed to control the tourist vehicles.Gopal Agarwal, Chief Advisor, Tourism Industry Stakeholders Association, said that there was 100 percent occupancy in Shimla hotels on Saturday. Even on Sunday, 60 percent rooms were booked in hotels
Tourists enjoying river rafting in Kullu
On weekends, about 29000 people used the lift of Tourism Development Corporation to go from circular road to mall road and from mall road to circular road. On Friday, about 9000, while on Saturday and Sunday, ten thousand people moved in the lift. This is the record figure for lift usage this year
Tourists having fun in Shimla
All records were broken due to the movement of 6400 vehicles from Atal Tunnel Rohtang on Sunday. One-way traffic was started after the Rohtang Tunnel was opened for tourists from June 14. So far, so many vehicles have not moved through the tunnel in a day. Tourists are reaching Manali via Gulaba Rohtang Pass.After this, the tourists passing through Koksar are crossing the Atal Tunnel Rohtang and going back to Manali. SP Manav Verma said that from June 5 to 27, 49605 vehicles crossed the Atal Tunnel Rohtang.