ABBOTTABAD: Hotels fleece tourists

Published August 16, 2002

ABBOTTABAD, Aug 15: All hotels and guest houses in Abbottabad and Galyat ran short of accommodation as a large number of visitors reached this tourist resort ahead of the Independence Day on Wednesday.

The hoteliers and restaurant owners have started overcharging the tourists, complained tourists.

The administration has failed to check this unhealthy trend, which, the complainants said, would keep away tourists from the hill stations.

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