MUMBAI: While Mumbai's island and suburban cities witness a dip in issuance of one-day new year party or club license this month over December 2019, the distant suburbs in Thane, Raigad and Palghar are showing almost three times rise in the number of such parties.
According to officials and hoteliers the Covid-effect that has lingered on due to the hotel staff not returning from their native places and some bars still to recover from pandemic-induced losses are haunting the owners who don't want to take risks until the demand rises beyond 2019 levels.
Similarly, this year the new year celebrations are falling at the weekend which has led to lesser bookings as, hoteliers say, a larger number of people have travelled outside, such as towards Konkan, western ghats, Nasik, Aurangabad and to the jungles around Nagpur.
