One another industry that has been hurt badly is that of local tours and hiking companies who are not just down but out.

"Yes. We are completely out not just down. Our business is dependent on daily work that we do and in cases like this, we are hit the hardest. We take daily tours to guide tourists, but if tourism industry is in limbo, we are helpless. The cancellations are piling up and this way our industry will finish," says tour operator Chitra Acharya. She says that the industry is the hardest hit.