Puri: Businesses suffer as COVID-restrictions hit tourism hard ANI | Updated: Jun 28, 2021 08:13 IST
Puri (Odisha) [India], June 28 (ANI): People involved in tourism-related businesses in Odisha s Puri are facing difficulties as the COVID-induced restrictions have hit their businesses hard.
They rued tourists are not visiting Puri in wake of the restrictions placed to arrest the spread of the infection.
A conch shell seller from the coastal city, Jainarayan, said: Since there is no tourist coming these days, people selling portraits of gods, conches, materials used in Puja like mala, are facing a hard time due to this. We are in trouble. This is the time of the year when businesses happen. No help has come our way from the state government, he added.
People involved in tourism-related businesses in Odisha s Puri are facing difficulties as the COVID-induced restrictions have hit their businesses hard. They rued tourists are not visiting Puri in wake of the restrictions placed to arrest the spread of the infection. A conch shell seller from the coastal city, Jainarayan, said: Since there is no tourist coming these days, people selling portraits of gods, conches, materials used in Puja like mala, are facing a hard time due to this. We are in trouble. This is the time of the year when businesses happen. No help has come our way from the state government, he added.