The major tourism destinations in the district namely Sauraha, Patihani, Jagatpur, and Meghauli have no movement though hundreds of foreign tourists used to visit these places daily in this season.
First Vice-chairman of the Regional Hotel Association, Sauraha, Suman Ghimire said tourists bookings which used to be around 70 percent hotels in Chitwan is just five per cent at present. Of them, two per cent are domestic tourists. Almost all bookings were canceled after the quake.
Around five billion rupees has been invested in a total of 130 hotels in the district as the attraction of tourists to visit the district was high, said Gyanendra Kumar Bista, Chairman of the Hotel Association of Nepal (HAN), Chitwan. Almost all bookings until for September have been canceled following the devastating earthquake.
Most of the tourism areas have been affected by the quake. The future of tourism in the district depends on the policy the government adopts in the days ahead.
It is reported that 70 percent of Chinese tourists visits Sauraha and other tourism places in the district but the Chinese nationals have hesitated to come to Nepal since the quake. As a result, the government should assure tourists that the area is safe enough to visit so as to bring the tourists as usual. RSS
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