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| October 12, 2009 | Tourism flourishes again in Darjeeling as Gorkha Morcha suspends agitation | | Darjeeling:
Tourists by droves have flocked
to Darjeeling after the suspension of agitation by the Gorkha Janamukti Morcha
(GJMM). The inflow of tourists has jumped after the end of the Durga Puja. "All
of a sudden there has been a big boom in the tourism inflow. Just after the Durga
puja there is a huge number of tourists who have come in. They haven't come with
previous booking of the cars or the hotels. So there is chaos in the whole availability
of services for the tourists. We are trying our best to ensure that these tourists
get good service and go back," said Raj Basu, a tour operator. " I am looking
forward to Tiger hills sunrise, which seem to be very famous there," said Rajat
Benjamin, a tourist from Mumbai. Tourism in the Darjeeling hills was hit earlier
as the GJMM called for a shutdown pressing for its demand for a separate Gorkhaland
hill to be carved out of West Bengal. But with talks resuming between the Indian
government and the GJMM, the agitation was put on hold, giving a window of opportunity
to tourism, the mainstay of the region's economy, for the last couple of months. | |
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