G20 Summit in Delhi brings cheer to hoteliers in Uttarakhand hill stations

The G20 summit is bringing cheers to hoteliers in Uttarakhand with over 70% hotels and resorts have been booked in Nainital and Mussoorie so far, and hoteliers are expecting 100% booking by September 7. “We are expecting 100% booking or business this coming weekend as offices and education institutions in Delhi are closing for three days in connection with the G20 summit,” Hotel and Resort Association of Nainital president Digvijay Singh Bisht said. Sanjay Agarwal, president of Mussoorie Hotel association said, “Already there is jump in occupancy percentage from bare minimum to 50% to 70% for September 8th and 10th due to holidays declared for the G20 Summit and we are looking forward to greeting the tourists with open hearts.” The high-end luxury hotels are also witnessing lots of queries for rooms during the weekend and have geared up the arrangements to cater to the tourists on the weekend. JP Residency Manor Hotel vice president Anil Sharma said, “Hotekls witnessed low occupancy since May and June and the past two months have also been worse for the hotels but with the G20 Summit weekend holidays in Delhi, the bookings have started trickling in and we expect that by Friday the hotel rooms will reach a near sold out stage.” Rajat Aggarwal, president of the Mussoorie Traders Association said, “The town has gone through immense negative publicity due to the development work carried out by the government and we welcome this development as it will provide business to the trading community too.” “We are looking forward to welcoming the tourists on the coming weekend and that can be gauged by the rise in the number of room bookings in advance in Mussoorie,” said Sandeep Sahni, president of Uttarakhand Hotel Association Mussoorie Harnaam Singh, a tourist from Punjab who has booked rooms for a group from Patiala said, “ I have booked around 50 rooms and the hoteliers were also cooperative and provided me an additional discount which came as a pleasant surprise otherwise whenever there is rush in the town the room rents skyrocket making them out of reach of the middle-class tourist.” Arvind Juneja, another tourist said, “We have already booked a hotel to avoid any last-minute rush in Mussoorie and hope that while leaving back to Delhi will not have to face any traffic snarls due to the heavy rush of tourists”. Bisht police station in-charge Shankar Singh said, “Currently the situation is normal with only a few tourists in the town but we have begun our preparations for the expected weekend tourist rush due to the G20 Summit holidays and begun the preparation as per the requirement and are The G20 Summit, scheduled for this weekend in the national capital, is a highly anticipated event.