Dharamshala: Tourism business in the tourist city of Himachal has started getting affected as soon as rains started. While all the hotels were booked last weekend, this weekend the occupancy in the hotels of Dharamshala and McLeodganj is only 40 to 45 percent. This time the rains have started even before 15th July.
Many national highways and many roads have been closed due to the rains in the district, due to which people from outside states are afraid to come here. On the other hand, air flights have also been affected due to bad weather, on Friday 6 flights were affected at Gaggal airport, which has also affected the tourism business a little. Overall, hotel occupancy in the tourist city has been halved this weekend.
Due to rain, some routes and flights are also getting affected, due to which the number of tourists is seen to be less in Dharamshala. Due to heavy rains, outsiders are now afraid to head towards the mountains.
Due to roads getting closed due to heavy rains, the taxi business has reduced to 25 percent. After the onset of rains, outsiders have stopped coming to Dharamshala.
With the onset of rains, the hustle and bustle of outsiders is seen less in the markets. He said that apart from tourists, now even the local people are avoiding visiting the markets.