Why are there so many tourists in flood-hit area?

Aparna AlluriBBC News, Delhi The area hit by the flood is home to two different high-altitude lakes that are also pilgrim sites revered by Hindus, Buddhists and Jains - Lake Mansarovar near Mount Kailash in Tibet, and the Gosaikunda lake in Nepal's Rasuwa district. Tens of thousands of tourists make their way through Nepal to Lake Mansarovar annually. This is the time of the year people, especially Indian tourists, tend to visit Lake Mansarovar, as well as take a sacred dip in the Gosaikunda lak