Mumbai, Dec 28: A month after the 26/11 Mumbai
attack, the terror-affected sites have become a landmark place
with large number of visitors turning.
Contrary to assumptions of a fall in tourist inflow in
the aftermath of the attacks, there is no let-up in the number
of visitors at least as far as these terror-affected places
are concerned.
"I watched the terror attacks on TV and was proud to
see the way Mumbai bounced back and also at the pace at which
Taj hotel reopened," Dettling Franz Xavier, a consultant from
Switzerland said.
"Both Taj and Oberoi-Trident hotels which were badly
damaged in the attack were back to business in a very short
time," Xavier who arrived here two days back on his maiden
visit to the city said.
Then there are some like Suresh Nikam, a cable
operator from Pune, who specially visited Mumbai to see the
terror-affected spots.
"After watching non-stop TV coverage of the attacks, I
was curious to visit these places," Nikam accompanied along
with with his family, said.
"Such acts won't deter our unity," Nikam said.
Nikam and his family later also visited Oberoi-Trident
hotel and Chhatrapati Shivaji Terminus (CST).
Visitors at CST are curious to see the bullet marks
dotting the rail concourse. Many of them capture these marks on
their cellphone cameras.
The glass panels of Re-fresh Food Plaza, which was
cracked in the shootout is yet to be replaced.
A man also explained how a porter, whom he knows,
escaped the terrorists' bullets.
People also throng at Leopold Cafe and Nariman House,
in Colaba area.
Bureau Report
First Published: Sunday, December 28, 2008, 00:00