Chhattisgarh Tourism's hotel privatization plan runs into troubled waters

State-run Chhattisgarh Tourism Board’s move to privatize the hotels and resorts to overcome serious financial crunch had failed to yield the desired results.

Of the 55 properties for which proposals were invited, only 20 parties showed interest. The Chhattisgarh Tourism Board (CTB) had been maintaining properties at different picturesque and tourist destinations across the state. But for the tourists, it remained least preferred property.

“In one of the resorts of CTB in Kawardha district, the guests had to search for the caretaker to get the main gate of the hotel open,” said one of the tour operators. Ironically, the receptionist was also