- Popular tourist hotspots like the Mall Road and Naini Lake, are regularly witnessing a good crowd
- More tourists expected during the upcoming festive season
THoD Newsdesk, Uttarakhand: With the announcement of Unlock 5.0, Uttarakhand Tourism is yet again back on track and the City Of Lakes, Nainital, is now witnessing a surging footfall of tourists. With hordes of tourists frolicking to the state and the city, the stakeholders in this industry are elated with this response.
Popular tourist hotspots like the Mall Road and Naini Lake, are regularly witnessing a good crowd and the resumption of boating facilities in this area, is making up for the lost times. Treasurer Boat Association Nainital, Puran Bora, commented,
“We are witnessing a good crowd from last few days. Nearly 60 per cent of our boats are getting booking regularly. It is a good start after lockdown. We are expecting more tourists in the coming festival holidays.”
Nainital even has provisions of adventure activities like paragliding, which is making substantial progress as it is being availed by tourists who have been seeking adventure. Secretary Paragliding Association Nainital, Nitin Rana said,
“Families are coming here to enjoy the scenic beauty which Nainital has to offer. If we talk about numbers, we have 12 paragliding sites and at least we fly 80-100 flights in a day and 120-150 on weekends. It is a good start after lockdown.”
Speaking about the current scenario, the Secretary of Tourism Uttarakhand, Dilip Jawalkar stated,
“The increase in the number of tourists in Nainital is a good sign that the tourism activities are getting back to normal after a very long time. Tourism, as well as the safety of the tourists, is important for us.”
Digvijay Singh Bisht, Vice President, Nainital Hotel and Restaurant Association, further added,
“If we see the silver lining amid Covid-19, I can say that the isolated places we have like Bhimtal, Kausani, Pangot, Mukteshwar are witnessing crowd from NCR. Tourists are more inclined towards work from home these days which is why hotels and cottages in these places are witnessing good crowd. We have also strictly instructed stakeholders to follow all the safety norms and all the guidelines issued by the government should be properly followed. Proper guidelines are already in place so that all stakeholders in Nainital regularly sanitize their properties after use and maintain mandatory distance.”
