Port Blair, Jan 11 (UNI) The District Magistrate of South Andaman has ordered all tourist spots to remain closed for tourism activities immediately.
Among other measures taken to contain the spread of the COVID-19 virus, all Social, Political, Sports, Entertainment, Academic, Cultural, Religious and Festivals related and other gatherings and congregations have been prohibited.
All religious places/ places of worship have also been ordered to close for public worship. Further religious congregations/gatherings are now strictly prohibited.
Other than these, all Parks, Playgrounds, Stadiums, Gyms and yoga institutes have also been ordered to be closed with immediate effect.
However, the decision to close all tourists spots in South Andaman District all of a sudden without even given prior notice of few days has not gone down well with the tourism stakeholders, as anger is brewing among stakeholders of Andaman Tourism who have already suffered heavy losses in first and second waves of…