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Hotels in Sauraha, the main gateway to the Chitwan National Park, closed within two weeks of reopening. The hotels that reopened on July 30 have closed again from Wednesday.
The hotels remained closed since March 24 with the imposition of lockdown to stem the spread of coronavirus and opened after four months.
Regional Hotel Association Sauraha's president Deepak Bhattarai said the hotels are closed again in line with the government's decision to close the hotels in view of the increased risk of COVID-19.
Bhattarai said hotel entrepreneurs were making preparations to open the hotels by calling cleaning staff and workers for repair and maintenance.
Immediate past president of the association, Suman Ghimire suggested it would be appropriate now to open the hotels only after the upcoming Dashain festival (around mid-November).
He said customers and guests will not come to stay in hotels as long distance transport is not allowed with the districts going into lockdown following the increasing risk of COVID-19.
Along with hotels, restaurants have also started to close in Sauraha due to lack of customers.
