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Tourism sector hit in the Nilgiris Updated: Updated: Visitors reduce by over 70% due to COVID-19 fears Share Article AAA Rose garden, Ooty. The department of horticulture has imposed restrictions on visitors to the gardens and parks in the Nilgiris. | Photo Credit: M. Sathyamoorthy Visitors reduce by over 70% due to COVID-19 fears Tourism to the Nilgiris has reduced by almost 70% since January this year, due to the surge in COVID-19 cases across the country. According to data available on visitors to the popular tourist locations in the district, such as the Horticulture farm in Kallar, the Kattery Park, Doddabetta Tea Park, Government Botanical Garden, the Rose Garden, Sims Park and the Arboretum, the average number of visitors during the weekends has dropped to just a little over 2,000 visitors. It stood at around 15,000 prior to the surge in cases. ....
The government botanical garden alone recorded a footfall of 10,223 on Sunday UDHAGAMANDALAM: Ooty once again came alive after a nine month gap this Christmas weekend, when more than 26,000 visitors thronged the hill retreat. Hotels in the hill town also saw 100% of occupancy in the past three days. However, hoteliers could not entertain the guests with Christmas celebrations because of the Covid-19 restrictions that are in place. The government botanical garden alone recorded a footfall of 10,223 on Sunday, compared to 6,713 and 9,849 on Friday and Saturday, respectively. Shiva Subramaniam Samraj, joint director, horticulture department, said the garden was closed for the public in the last week of March when the lockdown was announced to contain Covid-19 spread. “While the park was reopened in September, it didn’t draw much crowd initially. Inflow of tourists started to increase gradually after the relaxation of e-pass system. The footfall crossed the 10,000-ma ....