As the third wave of pandemic is showing a dip J&K government has started preparing itself for the tourist arrivals especially for the coming spring season.
Administrative Secretary, Tourism department in his presentation recently informed that during the period from September –December 2021, around 54 lakh tourists have visited J&K, which represents the highest tourist inflow for these months during the last 3 years.
He said that the tourist influx in Kashmir Valley has risen from around 5.65 lakh in 2019 to 6.66 lakh in the year 2021.
He informed that the tourists have kept visiting J&K in higher numbers despite ongoing Covid pandemic due to extremely good covid containment initiatives taken by the government.
224 works under UT Capex have been completed so far, out of 122 works under PMDP, 94 works have been completed and the remaining 28 works will be completed as per the set timelines.
Giving details of the various tourism activities initiated by the department, he informed that the snow scooters have been introduced in Sonmarg and ice skating rink has been made fully functional in Gulmarg.
He said that city/ heritage tour campaigns have been launched in the capital cities of Jammu and Srinagar in collaboration with SRTC and JKTDC.
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