The Himalayan Beacon » SILIGURI/SIKKIM: Sikkim vehicle leash eats into Bengal tour profit: "Siliguri, Nov. 26: A slew of restrictions imposed by Sikkim three years after it signed an agreement with Bengal has forced tourists to incur 15 per cent additional expenditure while visiting the Himalayan state, tour operators have claimed.
Following the restrictions, vehicles from Bengal are now allowed to go to only three Sikkim towns — Gangtok in East, Pelling in West and Namchi in South districts — and forcing the cars to take turnarounds in the landlocked state, consuming more time and cost, said Raj Basu, the chairperson of the advisory committee of the Eastern Himalaya Travel and Tour Operators’ Association"
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