Kalimpong is busy with tourist arrivals
even before the onset of the full tourist season. The major
hotels are having large number of booking at a time which
is not considered high season.
The reason attributed for this is the political
crisis in Nepal and the tsunami fear in the sea. The president
of the hotel and restaurant association said that this upsurge
will encourages the hotel and restaurant owners of Kalimpong
and the adjacent area. Though the tourist season starts from
May and continues to June, all the renowned hotels have been
already book by the tourists and most of them are from abroad.
`It is good to see that the tourists are coming in a large
number from different parts of the country and out of country`,
said Mr. Siddhant Sood of the Sood’s Garden Retreat.
There is also an increasing trend of tourists
visiting new destinations. Kalimpong has a lot of new potential
destinations which is one of the reasons why the tourists
gather here every year to enjoy their holydays far from the
madding crowd.