Like final yr, tourism in Jammu and Kashmir has continued to flourish this yr. In keeping with the federal government knowledge, there was an enormous 350% improve in international vacationers following the G20 assembly held earlier this yr. Lieutenant Governor Manoj Sinha earlier revealed that 1.70 crore vacationers visited the union territory by September this yr. This speaks volumes concerning the turnaround within the scenario. This follows final yr’s record-breaking 1.88 crore vacationer footfall. This additionally implies that the variety of vacationer arrivals this yr will go previous the earlier yr by far.
The G20 assembly hosted in Srinagar, significantly the third tourism working group assembly, appears to have acted as a catalyst, rising international vacationer curiosity within the area. The rising tourism has gone an extended method to shore up the Kashmir economic system and convey again employment misplaced to the successive safety and Covid-19 lockdown lately. The increase in tourism, which kinds 6.8 % of Kashmir’s GDP and employs over two million folks, can also be having a optimistic spillover impact on different sectors.
As we head deeper into winter, the vacationer influx is barely going to additional improve. The Valley’s higher reaches have already acquired snowfall. Affarwat in Gulmarg and Pir Panjal vary of mountains have been draped in white blanket of snow for a while now. Snowfall within the Valley has historically been an excellent attraction for the folks in mainland India, since it’s a novelty for many of them.
That mentioned, the UT administration has executed all the things to convey extra vacationers to the area during the last two years. As soon as the successive Covid lockdowns had been over, the administration did all the things to facilitate tourism. And ever since, there was a gentle improve within the circulation of holiday makers to the Valley. The federal government this yr earmarked one other 75 vacationer locations to boost non secular tourism within the area. The tourism division has actively participated in Worldwide Commerce Marts to interact worldwide vacationers. The homestay amenities have attracted vacationers to far-off areas as soon as thought of a no-go zone because of safety considerations. The ability was launched by the federal government final yr, and it has boosted border and rural tourism.
The thriving tourism has introduced again jobs misplaced in the course of the pandemic. Going ahead, the scenario appears to be like optimistic on this entrance. With peace holding, tourism can as soon as once more emerge because the mainstay of the native economic system.
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