The Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa Tourism Department had recorded a footfall of 2.5 million local tourists in Malakand, Swat and Upper Dir districts while some 60,000 vehicles had arrived in the valley. However, Khan says there have been no tourists in the valley since the lockdown and fears a similar trend for the rest of the year if restrictions persist. “Some 105 hotels in Chitral have been waiting for business for almost six months now. We couldn’t make much business last winter due to heavy snowfall, and this year the Chehlum Joshi festival also coincided with the lockdown dates. The festival is usually the busiest time for our business; that’s when we make most of our profit and cover for the year’s expenses too, but since there weren’t any tourists during the lockdown, we missed out on that opportunity too.”