mysore travellers who hoped to spend a quiet time in mysore over the extended weekend are regretting their decision as the city is brimming with many like them the influx of visitors has once again exposed the lack of facilities especially parking spaces at tourist destinations adding to the chaos are traffic jams which mysore usually witnesses only dasara season a traffic police officer said they were finding it difficult to manage traffic with heavy inflow of tourists parking areas near the zoo and palace were full which meant many visitors continued to make rounds around these tourist spots looking for parking hotel owners association president m rajendra blamed the apathy of district officials including police for the mess they have failed to create adequate facility for tourists in mysore even though we have pushing for it for years now we have the best places in mysore palace and mysore zoo but both lack sufficient parking facility yet no measures have been taken to address the problem he said he added as hoteliers we keep rooms ready assuming that we may get business during holidays and weekends but the district authorities have failed in assessing the tourist inflow which is evident by the situation this weekend he advised officers to have a plan to tackle the unusual rush though mysore is the perfect destination for holidaymakers this extended weekend season they were disappointed because of lack of facility for parking says abdul a businessman from kerala even the traffic was bumper to bumper this extended season he said the parking lot at mysore palace was badly managed as vehicles were seen parked haphazardly in the premises visitors to the zoo have to park their vehicles at karnataka exhibition authority premises which has space for just 800 vehicles in the last two days visitors to both mysore palace and zoo have crossed 25000 and the number is expected to swell on sunday