Nainital: The huge crowd of tourists from India and abroad on the occasion of Christmas and New Year has taken the tourism business of Corbett Tiger Reserve and the surrounding areas to new heights. Due to Christmas and New Year celebrations, the night rest rooms in all the major tourist zones of Corbett Tiger Reserve are completely full. At the same time, record bookings are also being recorded in more than 200 resorts of Corbett Landscape, Ramnagar area and hotels of Sarovar Nagri Nainital. There is a lot of enthusiasm among hotel businessmen regarding this season.
A total of 41 rooms are available in the most popular Dhikala zone of Corbett Tiger Reserve, which includes 28 rooms in Main Dhikala Camp, 2 in Sultan, 6 in Garal, 3 in Khinauli and 2 in Sarfaduli. Apart from this, there are also 20 dormitory beds, but all have already been booked for 25th and 31st December. At the same time, 7 rooms of Bijrani zone, 2 of Dhela, 4 of Jhirna and 2 rooms each of Pakhro and Sonnadi zones are also completely packed. According to the Tourism Department, this time the speed of booking has been much higher than in the last several years.
Hotels and resorts completely ready
Corbett Park includes a total of eight safari zones – Dhikala, Bijrani, Dhela, Jhirna, Durgadevi, Sonnadi, Garjia and Pakharo, which are very popular among the tourists. Of these, Jhirna, Dhela and Garjia zones remain open throughout the year, while other zones remain closed during monsoon. Tourists can book day safari and night stay online through the official website of Corbett, corbettgov.org. Apart from this, more than 200 hotels and resorts located around Corbett also seem fully prepared to welcome the New Year.
Special preparations for 31st December
Chander Sati, GM of Mannu Maharani Hotel, said that a two-day special program has been prepared for Christmas and New Year, in which tourists will be introduced to the culture, traditional cuisine and local art of Uttarakhand. Cultural dance, live music and special food festival will be the center of attraction. Live performances of Bollywood singers and artists are also being organized in many resorts of Ramnagar on the night of 31st December.
Packages ranging from Rs 5 thousand to Rs 80 thousand
President of Ramnagar Hotel Association, Hariman Singh said that the hotels and resorts of Corbett and Nainital area are fully prepared to provide a safe and memorable experience to the tourists. This time packages ranging from Rs 5 thousand to Rs 80 thousand and above are being made available. The tourism industry has great expectations from the continuously increasing bookings during Christmas and New Year week. Besides, new employment and income opportunities are also being created for the local people in this season.
Corbett Tiger Reserve will be buzzing
Overall, Corbett Tiger Reserve, Ramnagar and Nainital are going to be buzzing with tourists on Christmas and New Year. With jungle safari, cold of mountains, traditional food and live music, Uttarakhand is all set to give a memorable experience to the tourists this time too.





























