Dismissing Rumours:"Hotels and restaurants will not remain closed till Oct 15"

A stamp with the word FAKE on an order claiming to be issued by Ministry of Tourism

India’s Ministry of Tourism has issued a statement dismissing all the rumours doing rounds on social media. There have been rumours that hotels and restaurants will remain closed till October 15 because of the Coronavirus outbreak. The ministry clarified that there has been no such notification issued by them or any concerned authorities.

The Ministry of Tourism took to Twitter and called the news fake. It said that "The Ministry of Tourism requests all to disregard the fake message about the closure of hotels/restaurants circulating on Whatsapp".

The Ministry had to issue the clarification note after a letter started circulating on various social media platforms, saying that the government has asked hotels/restaurants to remain shut till October 15. As the news started creating panic in the tourism sector, the government decided to issue a formal clarification note.
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To deal with the situation, the Ministry has also lodged an FIR with the Mumbai Cyber Police cell.

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