Though Kashmir was hit by the devastating
floods and two elections this year, which had all the chances to badly affect
the tourism in the land, it is a welcome trend to see that about 11 lakh
tourists thronged Kashmir . Kashmir
hosted more than 20,000 tourists every month since the floods in September.
“We had crossed the figure of 10 lakh tourists before the
floods and as the year is to end now, we have received around 11 lakh visitors,”
Director Tourism, Kashmir , said. “After the floods caused widespread devastation, we have
been able to revive the tourism by 50 per cent. We used to receive around 40,000
tourists per month for this period of the year but after the deluge, around 20,000
tourists visited Kashmir every month,” he said.
The director said he was hopeful of fully reviving tourism
in the next three months as the department was taking many steps aimed at
reviving the sector in the Valley and many more initiatives were in the offing.
“We are holding local level events, interactions with tour operators outside
the state and festivals to dispel the notion that Kashmir
was not safe to travel after floods. We have also invited tour operators from
outside to see for themselves what the Valley had to offer,” the tourism
director informed.
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