Published on : Friday, June 17, 2022
Dharamsala’s Smart City Hotel Association has urged Prime Minister Narendra Modi to declare a package for the pandemic affected tourism industry.
The President of the hotel associationDeepak Diwan said that the tourism industry had witnessedenormousdeficits in the last two years in the wake of Covid-19. Many hotels in the region had becomenonpayers, and thus, banks had no other option but to take possession of their assets.
Mr. Diwan said that the tourism and hotel industry had asked the Himachal state government to provide it with some assistance or waive yearly fee and interests of banks during the course of the lockdown time. Hoteliers had also wantedthe state government to waive the property tax for hotels as well. Nevertheless, the Himachal state government had not approved their demands.
Mr. Diwansaid that they are now expecting that the PM will assist the struggling tourism industry of…