Ajmer/Udaipur. Apart from Rajasthan’s capital Jaipur, if most tourists go anywhere, then they are Ajmer and Udaipur. It is not easy to get rooms in hotels here, but after the murder of Kanhaiyalal in Udaipur and after this murder, the hate speech of some Khadims of Ajmer Dargah against Nupur Sharma has made a big impact on the hotel business as well as the number of people visiting the Dargah. . The news of the English newspaper ‘Times of India’ has been told that after both the incidents, people in Ajmer and Udaipur are canceling their hotel bookings. Even less people are going to Ajmer Dargah. This can cause deep damage to the tourism-based economy of Rajasthan.
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In the news of the Times of India, it has been told by the management of many hotels that people are continuously canceling their bookings. Hotels are vacant. Restaurants which used to be crowded for food, now only a few customers are coming to them. On Friday, the maximum number of people used to reach Ajmer Dargah to worship. On Friday, very few people reached the dargah after some of the Khadims said about Nupur Sharma. There are many shops around the dargah. Where sheets and flowers are sold. These shopkeepers are also troubled by the lack of customers. He says that it will be difficult to run the house like this.
Sanjay Kaushik, secretary of the Rajasthan Association of Tour Operators, told news agency PTI that Udaipur has been considered a very quiet city and there has never been a hate crime here. He told that the murder of Kanhaiyalal has affected not only Udaipur but the whole of Rajasthan. According to Kaushik, tourism is the main business here, but now the situation seems quite odd. He also said that all the tourists have canceled the booking of hotels in Udaipur. This series is still going on. In such a situation, it has become very difficult for hoteliers.