INSUBCONTINENT EXCLUSIVE:
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Updated: Feb 07, 2020 06:21 IST
Kangra (Himachal Pradesh) [India], Feb 7 (ANI): Hotel Association of Dharamshala on Thursday suggested foreigners to postpone
their visit to Dharamshala in the wake of the spread of coronavirus in China and its threat elsewhere
Ashwani Bamba, President of Hotel Association of Dharamshala said, "We are now suggesting the foreigner tourists who have booked rooms in
the hotels here to postpone their visits."However, the government has not issued any advisory regarding postponing the visit of foreign
Sunaina Sharma, Deputy Director of Tourism department said that officials have been visiting the hotels in and around Mcleodganj and
circulating a declaration form to get the details about the foreign visitors
When asked about the suggestion by the Hotel Association of Dharmashala, She said, "It must be their personal suggestion
The government has not issued any advisory of that kind." Additional Deputy Commissioner of Kangra district, Raghav Sharma, said, "According
to the directions from Government of India we are registering all the persons who have visited China and southeast Asian countries after
January 1, 2020, and we have a list of 20 such persons of Kangra district.""They recently visited China in January 2020
We have contacted ten of them till Wednesday
A team of medical experts has monitored them
No symptoms of Coronavirus were seen but we advised them to stay in their homes at least for a fortnight
We are trying to contact the rest of the persons," said Sharma."Apart from this, we have issued an advisory to the hotel and travel agents
that if any person comes to them, he or she requires to fill up a form giving details whether they visited China or other South East Asian
countries in recent time," said Deputy Commissioner."We also had a meeting with the Tibetan administration and gave them declaration forms
We have instructed them to distribute these forms in all the Monasteries and other tourist places and get the details filled from the
foreign visitors," he added (ANI)
