New Delhi: Greateriers in Delhi has been hit again with the third wave of Covid-19 in the national capital.
Hospitality that has dealt with the previous impact of Covid-19 waves has begun to cancel the tourists.
Hotel travelers claim that their business has been influenced by around 50 pc because tourists have begun to cancel hotel bookings in the midst of increasing Covid-19 cases, omicron cases in the national capital.
“As soon as the weekend hours of night starting in Delhi, our booking began to cancel.
We get a lot of cancellations.
We have 40 bookings in the first week of January.
From which, 50 percent was canceled at that time.
45- 50 percent of our business is affected,” Sourabh Tiwari, the owner of Sushant Travels told Ani.
“After October, our business is increasingly packed.
We get a lot of bookings.
We were truly packaged since October last year until the first week of January.
After October, we have 15 international arrival groups.
We can only entertain four international tours.
We can only be entertaining Four international tours.
All other groups were canceled due to the increase in Covid-19 cases, “he added.
“We currently provide all services with full protocols.
We fully vaccinate sanitation drivers and vehicles.
We strive to make travel trips to places where there is a very low Covid-19 case,” he said.
“The advanced order of 50 percent was canceled.
People are very afraid of new waves,” he added.
“There is a lot of fear.
People take the second wave of light which causes death and a lot of misery.
Therefore people in fear.
50 to 60 PC housing in our hotel stands canceled at this time.
People who have the need to travel only People traveling now, “said Vijay Tiwari, a member of Delhi Hotel Mahasangh Association.
At quarantine, seven days for international arrivals, he said, “it’s not a challenge for us but it is a challenge for new people.
We have experience.
People who come before are Indians and Nris”.
“Now strangers will come more, so it is a new challenge.
We have made all preparations from sanitation to cover etc.
for quarantine seven days.
We order food online from the outside and provide food for them”.
On the loss suffered because of the previous wave, he said, “We cannot get out of two shocks we get in the first two waves, we used to get Rs 30,000-40,000 bills even from a closed property.
We have to give a salary to the staff too.
We experienced big losses, “he added.
In the midst of a surge in Covid-19 cases, the central government on Friday announced the quarantine of a house for ten days for all international arrivals in the country.