Tourist influx in Gulmarg

Thursday, March 3, 2022

As the J&K government is opening lesser-known destinations for tourists in the Valley, officials are hopeful about tourist influx in the first two months of the year in Kashmir, especially in the tourist resort of Gulmarg.

The meadows of scenicGulmarg are snow-covered; the gondola, one of Asia’s largest and highest cable cars surrounded by pine forests and snow-capped Himalayan mountain peaks, takes skiers and snowboarders to a height of 3,900 to 4,100 meters. Thousands of tourists visited the place in January and February.

In the first two months of this year, 162,664 domestic and 490 foreigners visited Kashmir, which is indeed an encouraging number, keeping in view the present Covid situation.

“In January, 62, 285 domestic and 270 foreigners arrived in Kashmir and in February 1,00,279 domestic and 230 foreigners visited Kashmir,” said assistant director, J&K tourism, Zeeshan Khan.

Majority of tourists visited the famous ski resort of Gulmarg that witnessed back-to-back snowfall.

The officials are already preparing for spring tourist arrivals.

Secretary, tourism and culture, SarmadHafeez directed officials for further promote the 75 offbeat destinations identified by the department across J&K. “The officers should come up with ideas so that more and more tourists visit these lesser-known destinations in the days and months to come,” Hafeez said. He added that opening of other tourist destinations like Sonmarg and Doodhpathri has produced good results.

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