Published on : Saturday, January 5, 2019
Several stakeholders including hoteliers, tourist taxi drivers, houseboat owners and home-stay owners have been affected. Ever since the Sabarimala controversy erupted in the state, several protests have led to mass cancellation of tourist bookings, leaving tour operators in the lurch.
Manu P V, secretary of the Association of Tourism Trade Organisation India (ATTOI) said there has been a huge footfall in the numbers of tourists arriving in the state. “The industry was slowly returning to normal. However, frequent hartals are affecting the livelihood of those in the sector,” he said.
Owing to the strike, tourist vehicles were operated only in select places. According to officials with a five star hotel in the city, they had to face Rs 2 lakh worth of cancellation on Thursday.
Tags: Frequent strikes, kerala tourism