Upset after the area organization and police set up banners of 'Nainital Housefull' and prohibited private vehicles without earlier booking of a parking space from entering the town, hoteliers, restaurant owners and departmental stores have threatened indefinite shutdown unless the decision is revoked. The private taxi owners' association, boatmen and rickshaw pullers will also cease operations in support of the protest from June 17. Numerous hoteliers claimed that bookings had gone around as much as 50% after the ban was enforced on Tuesday and banners showed up advising voyagers that Nainital had no more parking spot.

Vacationers, meanwhile, were furious that they had reservations in hotels but were turned away as they didn't have confirmed parking. Numerous said that they were requested to park at the nearest facility from the town, from the town, which is no less than 7 km away, and after that take a bus to Nainital.

The prohibition on private vehicles without confirmed parking was declared after the Uttarakhand high court issued show-cause notices to the senior director of police, the region justice and executive officer of Nainital Municipal Corporation prior this week, asking them to clarify for what valid reason disdain notification ought not be issued against them by the court’s order to solve traffic problems in the town.

The streets of Nainital are choked with vehicles, particularly amid peak season which endures from May 1 to June 30 and sees a convergence of no less than 4,000 sightseers for every day. solutions to traffic woes of the town was to develop an app through which tourists could book parking before arriving in the town. The application has been launched however has received lukewarm response.

The hoteliers said on Wednesday that heading out sightseers was antagonistically influencing business and declared that the challenge would be held from June 17.

Dinesh Chand Sah, leader of Nainital Hotels association, said ,"We held a gathering on Tuesday under the standard of Nainital Citizens Forum which was gone to by agents, hotels owners, restaurant owners and cab drivers. It was chosen that if visitors are bugged by not giving them a chance to enter the town, we will close down and begin an uncertain strike from June 17. Such steps are an great threat to tourism and will hurt the economy of the town."
The experts said that they were just after the court's request. Janmejay Khanduri, senior director of police (Nainital), stated, "We are submitting to the high court's request. The measures are aimed at ensuring people do not face jams and parking issues."

Police were positioned on every one of the three routes to Nainital - by means of Haldwani, Kaladhungi and Bhowali - and visitors were asked to show proof of parking.

Jay Prakash, a vacationer from Udaipur who was turned away on Wednesday, stated, "Regardless of repeated requests I was not allowed to enter the town. If this is the way the city treats its visitors, I will never come back."

Another visitor, Rajiv Goyal from Delhi, stated, "I was planning to visit Nainital with my family yet we needed to return as we didn't have parking booked. It was surprising. How are we expected to realize this is an issue here?"

In April, following the high court's request, police and the region organization published advertisements in four national newspapers stating that only those who have prior parking booked would be allowed in the town.