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Ministry of Tourism

Ministry of tourism has not issued any letter on closing of hotels/restaurants till 15th October 2020 due to Coronavirus outbreak

Posted On: 22 APR 2020 2:01PM by PIB Delhi

It has been noticed by the Ministry of Tourism that a fake letter claiming that hotels/restaurants will remain closed till 15th October 2020 due to Coronavirus outbreak doing the rounds in social media in the name of Ministry of Tourism and creating panic among whole tourism sector. The Ministry of Tourism has clarified that “no such letter has been issued by Ministry of Tourism”and people must not believe such kind of fake news.

The same has also been clarified on PIBFactCheckas follows:

Be cautious of #Fake order claiming that hotels/resturants will remain closed till 15th October 2020 due to #Coronavirusoutbreak.#PIBFactCheck: The order is Fake and has NOT been issued by Ministry of Tourism.

Do not believe in rumours! pic.twitter.com/efRx3PWTj0
— PIB Fact Check (@PIBFactCheck) April 8, 2020

Ministry of Tourism had already issued denials on Social media and lodged a complaint with cybercrime unit of Mumbai police. The PIB Fact Check Unit also issued denials a few days back but the fake message is circulating again. PIBFactCheck has reissued the clarification yesterday also. It is requested to all to ignore such messages and only believe on official communication.

On popular demand, the #FakeNews claiming that hotels/resturants will remain closed till 15th October 2020 due to #Coronavirusoutbreak, is being reposted.

It's again clarified that no such order has been issued by Tourism Ministry.

Stay clear of romours mongers. https://t.co/Qmjc6kNXEc
— PIB Fact Check (@PIBFactCheck) April 21, 2020

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