Tourists continue to book Murree hotels, motels to enjoy snowfall: report
ISLAMABAD, (MILLAT ONLINE):All restaurants and hotels were packed with tourists , as mercury falls below the freezing point in the murree after recent snowfall in the area.
Accordint to a report aired by a private news channel, a tourist Fiza Ali said ,”I was delighted to see snowfall as I had never seen snowfall before in my life so we booked hotel to stay here more and enjoy the snowy season”.
“We have enjoyed a lot, throwing ice balls to our friends. Murree is a beautiful place and we are happy to be here,” said another visitor Huma Aliyan.
While taking advantage of the rush of the tourists, hotels and restaurant owners have increased the rent of rooms and food charges.
A tourist Muhammad Irslan said,” Me and my family are having good time in murree during our one week stay as we come from Karachi to enjoy the season.”
“Murree with all its picnic points is the best place to spend winter but the local administration should provide basic amenities for the visitors instead of giving free hand to owners of restaurants and food outlets to loot the people at their will, he added.
Almost all the small and big hotels were booked and Mall road was flooded with tourists. The tourists were seen enjoying hot coffee,tea and fried food while walking on The Mall and at shopping centers.
A visitor from Lahore Ali Manan said,”I came here to enjoy snow with my family for a week, but due to high rates we have decided to leave earlier.
Shivering and shaking but enjoying and with enthusiasm, almost everybody was playing with the snow even throwing it at the passers-by.
“We enjoyed the beautiful sceneries with snow-covered hills and above all the mouth-watering food, making of snow man etc, but lack of space at hotels and rest-rooms did depress us,” Anum Saeed, a student said.