Mumbai attack to hit business visits from U.S.
Tuesday, 02 December 2008, 17:08 IST   |    1 Comments
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New York: The flow of visitors to India from the U.S. and other parts of the Western world - both for business and tourism - is likely to be badly hit in the aftermath of the terrorist attack in Mumbai that killed more than 180 people. Tour operators, travel agents and Indian diplomats in New York told IANS that they expect the number of people from the US to India to come down sharply in the coming weeks and months, with the upcoming Pravasi Bharatiya Divas in Chennai in January likely to be the immediate casualty. New Jersey-based Pradeep Peter Kothari, who has been running a travel business for 25 years, said his company has received requests for cancellation from many travellers who had booked their tickets from the U.S. to various Indian cities. Since the penalty for cancellation or change of airline tickets is too high these days, Kothari said given the situation in Mumbai following the terrorist attack this week, he has sought advice from the respective airlines as to what best can be done under the
Source: IANS
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