MANALI: Upset with the deteriorating condition of tourism industry of Manali due to weak infrastructure, a group of representative from Manali hoteliers association met with chief minister Virbhadra Singh at Dharamshala and begged for better facilities to the tourist town, on Tuesday.
President of association, Anup Ram Thakur, said chief minister has assured that flight service to Himachal would be resumed soon and he would discuss with centre the plan to lay rail line up to Sundernagar (Mandi). “We had a detailed discussion on bad conditions of highways. Parking, byepass road, traffic jams are another problems that we are facing. We do not have sufficient toilets at tourist places. CM has assured us that we would see a change shortly.”
According to hoteliers, in 2012, they have suffered huge losses due to weak infrastructure, permanent cancellation of flights, lack of tourism promotion, increased taxes and no support from government.
