As Jaipur prepares for lit fest conmen take action

Jaipur:  As the Pink City prepares for one of the largest literature fests, reports accuse of tour operators taking advantage of the biggest influx of writers and thinkers to Jaipur.  

Some websites are conning first-timers to Jaipur with astonishing charges, like Rs 6,756 for a 3-km rickshaw journey, a balloon ride for Rs 20,837 which is 30% more expensive than the usual price, and an elephant ride at Nahargarh Biological Park at Rs 5,247 for foreign tourists.

The report states that a tour operator even offered a “discounted rate” for elephant rides at Rs 8,363 per person.

The Jaipur literature festival will be a four day event beginning on January 21. From Nobel laureates to local language writers, Man Booker prize winners to debut novelists, Rajasthan has hosted the fiesta since 2006.