After lean start to year, tourist footfall sees rise in Himachal

After a lean start to the year, the tourist footfall in Himachal has started to rise and the hotel occupancy has started to climb with the rise in temperatures in the plains.

- Dar Ovais

DHARAMSHALA:

The average hotel occupancy has seen a considerable increase in recent days and is much higher than the occupancy in March. Riding on the increasing trend, the hoteliers in Himachal expect more tourist footfall in May and June.

The hoteliers attributed the decline in hotel occupancy during winters to scarce snowfall and the Mahakumbh in Uttar Pradesh's Prayagraj. The hoteliers reported negligible occupancy in January, when the average hotel occupancy was around 20% and a similar trend continued in February as well.