New Delhi, Dec. 26 -- No hotel in Siliguri will provide accommodation to any Bangladeshi tourist, even those arriving on a medical visa, said Ujjal Ghosh, the Joint Secretary of the Greater Siliguri Hoteliers Welfare Association, on Thursday, December 25.

"Considering the situation in Bangladesh that started last year, we made a decision that we would not give accommodation to any Bangladeshi tourist in any hotel in Siliguri...," Ujjal Ghosh was quoted by news agency ANI as saying on Thursday.

He, however, said that later, for "humanitarian reasons," it was decided that "only tourists who held medical or student visas" would be allowed to stay in Siliguri hotels or receive accommodation.

But, "given the current situation in Bangladesh ...