Tag: tourists enjoy snowfall in Manali

Hundreds of tourists on Thursday thronged Gulaba, 22km from Manali towards Rohtang pass, to enjoy the fresh snowfall. Though administration has advised tourists not to go beyond Kothi, but it was tourists’ craziness to see snow that they managed to reach here putting themselves in danger. Gulaba is experiencing snowfall since Thursday morning and over 10cm fresh snow has accumulated here. As soon as tourists had news about snowfall, they made a beeline towards Rohtang pass. According to sources, many tourists tried to reach Rohtang pass but could not drive beyond Gulaba due to slippery snow on the highway. Finally, they made Gulaba their fun-spot for the day where they enjoyed every moment playing with snow. “We had visited Rohtang pass on Wednesday but my children and wife insisted on going here one more time to see the fresh snowfall. However we cannot reach there but luckily got to see fresh snowfall,” a tourist from West Bengal, Harish Chattopadhyay, said. He said that it was too cold there and they were drenching soon so decided to come back only after couple of hours. Nandini and Priyanshu, a newlywed couple from Patiala, said they got a surprise gift from Manali as fresh snowfall. “We had already planned to visit Rohtang pass but we had never imagined to see fresh flakes of snow showering from the sky. We have no regrets that we would not see Rohtang pass. Both of us have seen snowfall for the first time in our lives,” Nandini said. Heavy snowfall around Manali has generated hopes to draw more tourists in coming days. According to hoteliers, now Manali has enough snow to entertain the tourists till New Year’s Eve and snow would definitely force tourists to visit Manali. “Snowfall has rejuvenated our tourism industry. Now hoteliers are ready