financialexpress.com, Jun 14 2008
The government has to give space to the hotel industry in its development programmes or tourism will face a serious shortage of hotels and hotel rooms, according to Dinesh Khanna, president of the Federation of Hotels & Restaurant Associations of India (FHRAI). India has only has only around 1.20 lakh room while even a city like Los Angeles has more than 1.50 lakh and Bangkok over 1.30 lakh rooms. Khanna said the situation has to be improved drastically and the number of rooms should be increased manifold in the next couple of years. Khanna said availability of land is the biggest stumbling block for the hotel industry, and state governments should follow the proactive and aggressive tourism development policy of Kerala, Haryana, Uttaranchal and Andhra Pradesh.
