Siliguri, 24th December: With 2020 coming to an end, the city, as well as the hills, have been decorated beautifully for Christmas and New Year celebrations.
A large number of tourists are arriving in the hills for the long Christmas weekend. Every year, the tour operators, traders, and drivers eagerly wait for this moment as tourism is one of the major sources of revenue for the Darjeeling Hills.
Tourists are already flocking to various tourist destinations in Darjeeling, Sikkim, and Dooars before Christmas. Almost all hotels in Darjeeling are booked. To enjoy the natural beauty of the hills, tourists from Kolkata and other states are visiting the hills via Siliguri. In this new year, everyone is hopeful that the pandemic will end soon and everything will return to normalcy.