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Is there any discount for the senior citizens in Kumaon Vikas Mandal Nigam tourist hotels?

I'm 65 and wish to go to Kumaon region in Uttarakhand. I want to know if Uttarakhand tourism hotels offer a senior citizen discount . If no then if some one can suggest cheap hotels in Binser, Kausani or Ranikhet

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1. Kumaon Mandal Vikas probably has not made as yet as seen from web search. But Garhwal Vikas is reported to have such facility as can be seen from below: http://www.financialexpress.com/news/A-Fast-Buck-From-Wanderlust/62361/0 A Fast Buck From Wanderlust Posted: 2003-01-12 00:00:00+05:30 IST Updated: Jan 12, 2003 at 0000 hrs IST Discuss : It's business time for the Indian travel industry. No, not from foreigners, but from our very own domestic travellers. Many factors add up for the rise in the number of local tourists, and companies are fast realising that their survival lies with home-grown travellers. “In Uttaranchal, religious tourists from Gujarat, West Bengal, Maharashtra, and Rajasthan dominate,” says Virendra Rawat, public relations officer, Garhwal Mandal Vikas Nigam Ltd (GMVN). “Religious tourists are mostly in the age group of 40 plus, who prefer to avail of our fixed package tours for the Chaar Dham Yatra and so on. Moreover, with Kashmir being trouble torn, people are preferring to visit Uttaranchal for the hills.” Mr Rawat explains that there is a section of tourists who do not want to travel in large groups and be put in dormitories. They prefer to travel in small groups and they seek better accommodation and a flexible travel schedule. For them, the state tourism board has reworked travel packages to include customised sightseeing, better accommodation with attached toilet, and more food choice, etc. “Though we still have a low-cost Janata Tour package, we have raised the cost of our other tour packages by 10-20 per cent to accommodate improved facilities.” While GMVN’s Chaar Dham Yatra remains the most popular of its packages, tourists are availing of customised packages mainly to go to Auli for skiing, the lesser known Pouri and Krishu for ecotourism and Nainital and Ranikhet on the Kumaon range for leisure travel. In fact, in India, religious tourism rules the roost of domestic tourism. “Though there is no official data available on the number of religious travellers as there is for foreign tourists visiting India, traditionally, package tours are most favoured by domestic religious tourists,” says Dr R K Thukral, project director, Datanet India, a company that provides indepth statistics on tourism in India through its website, Indiatourismstat.com. He elaborates, “As far as domestic tourism is concerned, religious sites are the most visited, followed by heritage monuments. For example, in 2001, nearly 53 lakh tourists visited the trouble torn Jammu & Kashmir, and out of them, over 90 per cent visited Mata Vaishno Devi and the Amarnath Temple. Similarly, 50 per cent of the domestic tourists visiting Uttar Pradesh went to Haridwar, Chitrakoot, Mathura, Govardhan and other such religious places, followed by heritage sites such as Taj Mahal, Agra Fort and Fatehpur Sikri. In Andhra Pradesh, which received the highest domestic tourist traffic (5.3 crore) in 2001, more than two crore tourists visited the Balaji Tirupati Temple.” Taking a cue from the rapid growth of tourism in the religious sector, the Indian Tourism Development Corporation (ITDC) has already taken over the Tirupati tour package from the Andhra Pradesh State Tourism Development Corporation (APTDC). Likewise, Himachal Pradesh is also developing Kinnaur, Lahaul and Spiti as destinations on the Buddhist circuit. While domestic tourists’ visits have increased by 100 per cent, from 13.7 crore in 1995 to 23.5 crore in 2001, travelling in package tours (other than religious travel) has gained momentum only in the last few years. “When I joined our Delhi office two-and-a-half years ago, we could hardly push-sell our package tours to half of the 1,000 enquiries we got that year,” says a marketing officer of APTDC, which offers only fixed package tours in Delhi. “But last year, we received more than 3,500 enquiries and 60 per cent of it turned into actual business.” Agrees Mr Rawat of GMVN, “Strictly speaking, our package tours in the non-religious sector have really started picking up in the last 2-3 years.” The growth in package tours has enticed various state tourism development corporations to offer lucrative discounts on their tour packages targeting different sections of tourists. For example, a 30-40 per cent discount on tour packages for senior citizens and a 10-40 per cent discount on packages for honeymooners are a common offering with almost all state tourism boards who conduct package tours. Some of them, such as the MPSTDC, are also offering a 30 per cent discount on its Meritorious Students Package for three nights and four days! Himachal Pradesh, which is losing domestic tourists to neighbouring Uttaranchal and Madhya Pradesh and distant Goa and Kerala, is offering a 10-30 per cent discount to honeymooners. “We also have a discount for senior citizens,” says Mr Sharma. Domestic tourists have also shown an inclination to visit south and west India. In 2001, south India attracted 41.1 per cent of
2. yes and you can book at there site online. click on the below link http://www.kmvn.gov.in/Default.aspx