Tourist destinations worldwide are said to have recorded one billion fewer international arrivals in 2020 compared to 2019. Nepal hosted 230,085 foreign tourists in 2020, an 80 percent decline from 2019. The second wave of the pandemic beginning April this year played a spoilsport even as the tourism sector was trying to resuscitate. After months of a shutdown, the industry is finally showing some initial signs of a rebound as domestic tourists prepare to spend their holidays travelling. Now that the government has opened up international travel and relaxed mandatory quarantine for vaccinated tourists, we are on our way to a possible recovery phase. At this juncture, we need to develop a short-term recovery plan for the pandemic era where how we travel, interact, touch, and eat have changed drastically. Today, caution and safety are the keywords in travel, and people increasingly like to spend time with themselves rather than throng crowded places. For instance, young people looking to hang out in Pokhara for a day are increasingly opting for Majhi Kuna by the Begnas over Lake Side by the Phewa. Not only does a quaint place like Majhi Kuna give a tourist a sense of safety and physical distance in the middle of a pandemic, but it also lets them spend quality time with themselves. If tourists are looking for quiet spaces rather than crowded ones, then the tourism industry should revamp itself quickly to cater to the changing mood of the tourists.