A month and a half of losses, and foreign bookings made a year ahead cancelled

Tea-country tourism at Srimangal in Moulvibazar supports about a hundred hotels and resorts. The operator of two of them told the paper the losses began as soon as the quota reform protests started and had run about a month and a half by the time of the report: "From the very start of the quota movement we suddenly began counting losses in tourism." Foreign visitors normally book six months to a year ahead; after the protests and the change of government they cancelled over safety concerns, and domestic visitors stayed away as well. With train and bus services disrupted, even those who wanted to come found it hard. Another resort owner in the area and the tour operators' association secretary describe the same collapse, with the November-to-February peak season at risk. Because resort revenue is locked in as bookings months in advance, a few weeks of unrest cancels a whole season rather than a few nights.