The tourism sector in Mysuru is feeling the pinch of the Cauvery crisis with Mandya Bandh resulting in a perceptible decline in the tourists’ footfall during the weekend.
The Mandya Bandh was called on Saturday, September 23, to protest the release of Cauvery water to Tamil Nadu and the cascading impact was on the tourist flow as well.
‘’Since the last 4 months, weekends starting from Friday evening till Monday morning used to result in 100 per cent occupancy of almost all the hotels in Mysuru. But for the first time in the recent past, the occupancy rate dipped to about 50 per cent to 55 per cent,’’ said C. Narayanagowda, president of Mysuru Hotel Owners Association.
