TOURISM WOES

These are two news stories from the Malayalam newspaper Madhyaman who reports about the slump in the tourism sector since demonetisation. 

The first story is from Kasaragod Bekal fort where this trinket seller complains her business is 90% down due to lack of customers.

The second article is from the hill station Munnar (not far from my second haunt Kumily) and tells the story of a cashless American tourist who frustrated after many attempts to withdraw money from empty ATMs and driven by hunger, ate a restaurant meal then run from the eatery with bill unpaid, was chased and eventually caught by the staff, he was luckily excused and forgiven as the business owner had mercy on the staving visitor.