Himachal: Noida’s Lipika wears Bhagsu Queen’s crown, Jalandhar’s Richa becomes Manali Queen

A large number of tourists reached Mcleodganj and Dharamsala in the tourist city of New Year celebrations. Tourists and locals welcome the new year by dancing and singing. Bhagsu Queen was elected at around 12 o’clock on Friday at the Club House of Tourism Corporation located in McLeodganj. In this, Lipika of Noida Sector 41 wore the crown of Bhagsu Queen. Apart from this, Shalini in Best Dancer Child, Santosh in Best Dance Male, Aarti and Isveraya in Best Dancer Female won the title. At the same time, Richa Verma of Jalandhar won the title of New Year Manali Queen in Manali on Friday night. During this a large number of tourists had arrived.Corporation hotels are 80 per cent packed on New Year’s Eve, while private hotels have recorded around 50 per cent occupancy. This occupancy has been much less this time as compared to last year. The reason for this is the increasing cases of Omicron across the country. According to the information, all the hotels in McLeodganj were decorated on Friday to attract tourists coming from outside states on New Year. The hotel owners have made some special arrangements for the tourists following the instructions of the government. These include bone fires, barbecues, special dinners and in some hotels only DJs have been arranged. At the same time, in many hotels, this time on New Year’s Best Couple and Best Dancer etc. were chosen. At the same time, on the New Year, there is no jam from Dharamsala to McLeodganj, for this, the police administration has deployed about 100 police personnel in the area, while the McLeodganj area is divided into six sectors. Apart from this, Dharamshala has also been divided into five zones so that tourists do not face any problem. 80 percent occupancy recorded till 7 o’clock Navdeep Thapa, who is in charge of AGM in Tourism Corporation, said that up to 80 percent booking has been registered in both the hotels of Tourism Corporation in McLeodganj. At the same time, the rest of the rooms of both the hotels are also expected to be packed by night, due to which the occupancy of the corporation’s hotels can reach 90 percent.