Hospitality and Tourism Sectors Complain Lack of Endorsement for Dasara

Mysore: While the state government and the district administrations have prepared themselves to turn out the festival of Dasara in a splendid manner. On the other hand the travel and hotel industry are claiming that they have been left in stagger as they are receiving mixed responses from the domestic and international tourists for the Nada Habba. It may be occurring because of the poor endorsement of Dasara at the national and international stage.

The previous year, the 10 day festival- Dasara, had experienced a poor response from the tourists because of the Cauvery agitation and drought in the state. As such, the festival could not attract domestic and international tourists in large numbers. This coming year, the tourism sector please refer…http://blog.globalvisiontours.com/, which was anticipating a bigger turn out in the number of tourists, is feeling let down.

The events during this festival and their endorsement are restricted in the Mysore reason only. The other major problem is the media publication about the event and its endorsements being limited to the local region, when the brand of Mysore Dasara is renowned across the world. The president of Mysore Hotel Owner’s Association, said, “The tourism department of the government must take things in their hand and to hold road-shows and related endorsements in the adjoining states and abroad.”

He also exposed that even when the event is just two weeks away there is no advance booking in the place for the festival session of Dasara. He lamented, “Whenever Cauvery issue is brought up in the floor, the focus is put on the hospitality industry. But this time around it is not the main issue, copious rain has erased the problem, thus there are no drawbacks. Yet, we are not getting a healthy response from the tourists.”

As the latest edition of Dasara is around the corner, the district administration has not finalized gold cards. “Infact, every day, we keep receiving fresh enquires about the domestic and overseas tourists about the gold cards,” said B S Prashanth, President of Mysore Travel Agents’ Association (MTAA).

He also exposed that overseas and domestic tourists plan their programme well before hand. On this matter, he asked, “Sadly, preparation for Dasara begins just a month before this festive season. In such cases how can we attract tourists, in such a short in period of time?”

Also that, other issues that is proving to be a hindrance in the travel industry is high inter-state road tax. He comments, “Even as the government has promised to relax inter-state vehicles with tax sops for the coming two weeks, it will not improve the situation.”