The road leading to the Soaltee Hotel in Kalimati, which is usually crowded and crowded during Dashain-Tihar, is quiet this time. This five-star hotel, considered the pride of Nepal, with 285 rooms including suites and rooms, had at least 80 percent occupancy at this time last year. Dinners used to be held in the banquet hall and conferences were held in the courtyard. However, after the Gen-G movement, the Soaltee Hotel is running at about 50 to 60 percent occupancy.

is the reason, the Gen-G movement and the subsequent monsoon-related natural disasters have had an impact on Nepal's hospitality industry. According to the Hotel Association of Nepal, five-star and tourist-level hotels in Nepal are operating at the same occupancy rate as Solti. It is not only Solti who trembles in the twinkling lights during Dasaintihar, the lobbies of Kathmandu's grand hotels Yak and Yeti, Hyatt Hotel in Buddh, Everest Hotel in New Baneshwar look like 'deserted' at the moment.

The Hilton Hotel in Naxal, Kathmandu, which is said to have an investment of about 8 billion, is closed after being set on fire in a demonstration that broke out the day after the Gen-G movement. "Due to the Gen-G movement, there is preliminary data that almost 30 hotels across the country have been completely or partially damaged," Teck Mahat, the CEO of the association, told Kantipur, "We have estimated a loss of 25 billion in fire and looting." The hotel sector was producing services worth around 3 billion annually. However, businessmen say that natural disasters and protests in Nepal in the years after the armed uprising have directly affected the hotel industry.

Yogendra Shakya, the owner of Hotel Ambassador, said that the hotel sector is the first target of protests or strikes by both groups who want change and prosperity in the country. According to him, due to the fact that people involved in politics have also invested in the hotel sector, the hotel sector has become the star of the protestors in this movement.

Before Gen-G movement, apart from Bhairahawa, the condition of hotels in other places including Kathmandu was good . "After the Gen-G movement, 30 to 40 percent of the bookings were cancelled," said Sudarshan Chapagarin, vice president of Solti Hotel and a member of the Hotel Association of Nepal, "but as the Gen-G movement did not last long, the hotel business picked up within 3-4 days . The cancellation rate has also decreased.'

The hotels that were closed due to the deep wounds of the disaster and the movement are opening slowly. Bookings said to be canceled have been refunded. There is a lack of confidence for foreigners to come to Nepal. But it seems that the booking is trying to return to the old rhythm," said Vice President Chapagain.

After Kathmandu, Chitwan is the destination for luxury and high-end tourists. ``Last year at this time, rooms were available in Meghauli, Jagatpur,'' Yogendra Bahadur Thapa, the second vice president of Skull International Nepal, said, ``Chitwan is a destination of choice for luxury tourists. Americans, Canadians, Britons were not seen this year as much as they should have been. It seems that about 35 percent of bookings have been cancelled. Thapa, director of Barahi Hospitality Group, said that the number of Indian tourists in Chitwan this year has decreased compared to last year.

is in Bhairahawa, where the number of tourists has declined a lot. President of Hotel Association Nepal (HAN) Bhairahawa, CP Shrestha said that 90% of hotel bookings were canceled due to Gen-G's agitation.

'Bhairawa is the talk of Indian tourists'. Tourists used to come from Belia Pass. But as the negative news of Nepal's movement spread in the Indian media after the movement of Gen-G, Bhatabhat booking was cancelled, said President Shrestha. According to him, on the day after Jen-G's protest, 8 hotels were looted and set on fire. Where there were many thefts and robberies in hotels associated with the names of political leaders . He said that the rate of booking has not yet improved in Bhairahawa.

After the problems such as cancellation of bookings started to be heard in the hotel industry, the Nepal Tourism Board organized a discussion on Sunday as many workers will become unemployed and the environment of tourists coming to Nepal may be affected. According to Deepakraj Joshi, CEO of the Tourism Board, after the movement of Gen-G, there has been an impact on 'Mice Tourism'. Mice tourism is tourism under the category of travel (meetings, incentives, conferences, exhibitions) for the purposes of business, knowledge, networking, etc., rather than the entertainment of the common people.

'Mice tourism has been seen very little . There is no need to cancel the booking. But the travel advisory issued by Canada, America and Australia to their citizens not to travel in Nepal also seems to have some effect . But as the situation is improving, some countries including India have re-examined their travel advisories and removed them," he said.

Tourists coming to Nepal use the services of Buddha Air a lot. According to Rupesh Joshi, director of Buddha, there has been a 15 to 20 percent decline in Dollar Fair tickets purchased by foreigners this year compared to last year. "After the movement of Gen-G, we estimated that 50-60 percent of the tickets bought by foreigners would be affected, but the situation was not that bad." 13 to 1500 foreigners are among the 7,000 passengers flown by Buddha every day. Those who travel by buying Dollar Fair tickets which are almost twice as expensive as Nepalese.

Another area of ​​Nepal that informs that the traffic of tourists has decreased is the helicopter . There are 36 helicopters of 11 companies in Nepal. As soon as the monsoon ends, the booking of foreign tourists on helicopters increases . "There seems to be a 15 percent reduction in helicopter charter bookings compared to last year," said Gyanendra Bhul, co-spokesperson of the Nepal Civil Aviation Authority, "but the number of foreigners visiting Nepal in groups has gradually increased. Only on Friday, 85 American citizens came to Nepal on a charter plane. It is seen that foreigners are gradually increasing at the airport.