Kullu-Manali Hoteliers Needed Govt Help to Reviv from Corona Situation

The Kulu and Manali hotel industries are on the brink of collapse due to the second wave of Covid-19. Hotel room occupancy has now decreased to less than five percent. According to hoteliers, around 15% of hotels in the Kulu district have closed voluntarily due to the sharp decline in tourist numbers. 

Likewise, hoteliers in Mandi, Lahaul and Spiti districts also face losses. They all need an aid package from the state government to deal with the current situation. 

Anup Thakur, President of the Manali Hoteliers Association, said: "We ask the state government to cut search costs for one year and issue domestic utility bills to hoteliers. 

There has been no occupancy at the Kullu and Manali hotels in the last two years. Sunday Under the circumstances. critical like that, the government must save the hotel industry which is now on the verge of collapse, "he added." 

We also want the government to free interest-free bank loans to hoteliers for a year. It will be a great relief for us. 

"Munish Sood, president of the Hoteliers' Association of Bathrooms, said the state and central government needed to provide an aid package to the hotel industry to deal with the current crisis.