Companies endure in Puri as Covid-induced restrictions hit tourism onerous

People who work in tourism related businesses in Odishas Puri are struggling as the COVID induced restrictions have hit their businesses hard.

They regretted that tourists are not visiting Puri due to restrictions to contain the spread of the infection.

A clam seller from the coastal town of Jainarayan said, “With tourists stop coming these days, people selling portraits of gods, seashells, and materials like mala used in puja are having a hard time.”

“We’re in trouble. This is the time of year when business is done. No help came from the state government, ”he added.

Raj Kishore Das, secretary of the Puri Hotel and Restaurant Association, underlined the loss the hospitality industry has suffered and said, “Tourists will not come to Puri until Jagannath Temple closes and businesses continue to suffer. Over 800 Hotels in Puri are closed. We suffered a loss of around 500 million rupees during the second wave of COVID. “

Another vendor of puja materials, Ganesh Rao, complained that their livelihoods had been destroyed because they had to rely on tourists for their sale.

“My family is in big trouble, we had to rely on tourists, but they don’t come these days. I used to make 2,000-3,000 rupees a day, but now we can make ends meet with work. The government is not helping us either.” .

(Only the headline and image of this report may have been revised by Business Standard staff; the rest of the content is automatically generated from a syndicated feed.)

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