Tuesday, June 29, 2021
After a long period of quiet, tourist activity in Uttarakhand’s hill stations has picked up speed. The weekend rush in Mussoorie has brought a large influx of tourists from Delhi-NCR, Punjab, Haryana, Rajasthan and Uttar Pradesh creating long traffic jams on Saturday evening and Sunday. The hotels reported almost full occupancy.
“It is good to see the rush. We had nearly 100% occupancy on Saturday and around 70% on Sunday,” said Sanjay Aggarwal, secretary of Mussoorie Hotels Association. “There were long traffic jams on Gandhi Chowk in Landour and at Picture Palace. Both tourists and locals were stuck in traffic jams,” complained a local resident.
Due to the weekend rush, additional police force had been deployed to control the traffic, with 90 wrongly parked vehicles booked and several persons fined for violating social distancing norms.
For the second consecutive weekend, thousands of tourists also visited Nainital. Popular tourist spots like Mall Road, Band Stand, Pant Park and Tibetan market were brimming with tourists and the pleasant weather made many opt for boating on Naini Lake.
Locals said that for the first time since March-end, they have witnessed tourists in such high numbers. Tourists too said that they had been waiting for months to visit the hill stations.
Tags: Uttarakhand
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