The huge rush of tourists to Mussoorie has brought cheers on the faces of the hoteliers and the traders of this hill town but the traffic snarls on the roads of the town are leaving a very bad impression on the tourists. After the last year’s disaster, the tourists' inflow in this popular holiday destination became very less but this summer's rush has underlined the fact that the fear among
the tourists has reduced substantially. The disaster of June last year brought fear among the people of the country as images and stories of the disaster were flashed in the newspapers and the TV channels. The effect of the disaster is still there on the religious tourism as the Char Dham Yatara is drawing fewer pilgrims this time. Char Dham Yatra is a low key affair this year but the summer destinations of the state are drawing hordes of the tourists. The Queen of hills Mussoorie is packed with the tourists these days and the popular destinations like Camel Back Road, Mall Road, Mussoorie lake and Company garden are witnessing huge rush. The Mussoorie tourists are also spilling over the nearby destinations of Dhanolti and Kempty fall.
The traffic woes however are a cause of eye sore for the tourists, Jugal Singh Rathore a resident of Bikaner in Rajasthan said that he enjoyed the beauty and cool environs of Mussoorie but was stuck for more than two hours in the traffic Jam on Monday. The Chairman of Mussoorie Municipal Council M S Mall told The Pioneer that council has deployed volunteers and PRD personnel to regulate the traffic; he blamed the local administration and police for not controlling the traffic properly. Mal wondered as to how no traffic snarl occurs when some VIP or top bureaucrat visits the town. He said that construction work on a 7 tier parking place with a capacity to accommodate 700 vehicles near Picture place would soon start. The president of Traders association of Mussoorie Rajat Agarwal said that the problem of traffic jams is caused due to the improper parking.