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J&K government wishes to develop Kargil as a tourist spot

Monday, February 5, 2018

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J&K governmentThe J&K Government has come up with a comprehensive plan to develop Kargil as a tourist destination. Besides developing the area as an adventure activity centre, the state’s government is making efforts to promote Kargil as a favourite destination for Buddhist and Hindu pilgrims from around the world.

 

Once known as a zone of conflict with Pakistan, Kargil is now all set to become a favored tourist spot. In the year 2017, nearly 2.75 lakh tourists, including foreigners, visited Ladakh and the aim of the government is to lure more visitors to the peaceful mountainous region.

 

Kargil grabbed a lot of headlines during a brief but a high-casualty war between India and Pakistan in the summer of 1999. Around 527 Indians soldiers were dead and 1,363 others were injured in the “Operation Vijay” that was fought in one of the most difficult and inhospitable terrains in the world.

 

“Pilgrim sites, namely Drupti Kund, Matayam Bhim Stone, Buddha Statue at Aapati (Sod), Karchker, Mulbekh and Panikar, Karpokar and Buddhist monasteries at Kargil and Zanskar will be promoted across the world to attract visitors,” Minister for Tourism Tassadiq Mufti said.

 
The J&K government has already set up separate tourism development authorities for Kargil and Zanskar. The Tourism Department is coming up with trekking maps and information booklets which are circulated at various tourism events to attract tourists.

 

The war memorial at Drass is another attraction for tourists from across the country. The memorial has been built in the memory of the fallen heroes of the 1999 Kargil war.

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