West Asia War Breaks The Back Of Tourism Industry, Foreign Tour Packages Reduced To 5%; People Are Canceling Bookings

Domestic tourism is also being affected by the situation arising due to war.

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Chetna Rathore, Noida. The war in West Asia has caused huge losses to the tourism business. People going abroad are canceling plans due to expensive air travel, uncertainty of flights and apprehensions about safety. Domestic tourism is also being affected by the situation arising due to war.

Tour packages have become expensive. Due to shortage of commercial LPG, arrangements in hotels have failed. Due to this also tourists are avoiding visiting. The situation is that in this peak season of summer holidays, the foreign tourism business of Tour and Travels has reduced to five percent.

People in the country are booking to visit the cities of Jodhpur, Jaipur, Udaipur of Rajasthan, Kullu-Manali of Himachal Pradesh, Spitighati, Srinagar, Kashmir, Shimla, Mussoorie of Uttarakhand, Nainital, Rishikesh. The demand for visiting tourist places of the country has increased.

Vikram Yadav, director of Travel Simplifier, says that those who had booked the tour package in February itself, are getting all of them cancelled. At this time, people are avoiding going abroad considering it unsafe. Earlier the booking was full every year. Domestic tourism has also gone out of the budget.

Travel agency operators are continuously receiving calls to know how safe will it be to go abroad in these circumstances? The operators are asking people to wait till May-June. Earlier there used to be a large number of tourists to Gulf countries. That area remains a war zone.

This has caused huge losses to the tourism industry. There has been a huge increase in airfares for popular tourist destinations like Malaysia, Thailand, Singapore, Turkey, Bali and Sri Lanka. Apart from this, due to frequent rerouting of flights and longer distances, it is taking longer time to reach. This has a direct impact on ticket prices.

Hotel bookings have to be cancelled.

After the war, the tour and travel business has shrunk to five percent. Bookings are being cancelled. People are avoiding traveling abroad considering it unsafe. Due to lack of tourists we have to cancel pre-booking of hotels.

-Vikram Yadav, Travel Simplifier

Only those with essential work are going.

Most of the people going to countries like Switzerland, Italy and France are those who have some work there. People are avoiding going out with their families. The number of people visiting popular tourist places like Manali, Kashmir, Shimla has also reduced.

-Ravi Shankar Prasad, JMT Travel Agency

Choosing short distance locations

The impact of the war is also visible on domestic tourism. People are choosing short distance destinations. It is also being chosen because it is in the budget. Pre-booking for traveling abroad is getting cancelled.

-Naina, Safal India Holiday Agency

Both domestic and international tourism is affected due to the war and the crises arising from it. There is a wait and wait situation even regarding summer holidays. Outside, the LPG crisis along with diesel and petrol is deepening and the LPG shortage in the country is also worrying the tourists. Yes, tourism activities will increase in the country due to IPL.

-Rajeev Mehra, General Secretary, Federation of Association Indian Tourism and Hospitality.

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