As heat rises in plains, Manali witnesses huge rush of tourists

Monday, April 11, 2022

Tourists in India have started making a beeline for Kullu-Manali with the rising summer heat in the plains. The taking away of the restrictions on adventure sports has added advantage to the stakeholders of the sector. This weekend, Manali, Kasol and the Banjar valley were thronged by visitors. Due to rising temperatures in the low land, tourists visit the district in huge numbers from April to July.

For Indians, stakeholders claim that Kullu-Manali has become the most preferred hill-station of the country. In recent years, compared to Kullu, Shimla has also been lagging behind in terms of number of tourists flocking to the hotspot. Kullu saw three lakh tourists than Shimla in 2018.

The number of tourists starts increasing in April and May-June, as per the statistics of the Tourism Department. It’s the peak season of the year. From 2015 to 2019, after analysing the data of five years, 17,52,742 tourists have come to the district in April, 21,31,096 in May, 22,99,923 in June and 17,91,598 in July. This was 50 per cent more than the tourists coming in other months of the year.

Kullu Deputy Commissioner Ashutosh Garg explained that Kullu with rising number of tourists have compelled the police administration and other related departments to make additional preparations. He said better facilities would be provided to tourists.

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