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For attracting tourists J&K admin gears up for spring season

March 12, 2022 Editor

head of the spring season, the tourism department of the Jammu and Kashmir administration has geared up to make this season yet another successful spring season for the tourists with a number of activities planned and lined up for the visitors. The tourists visited the valley in large numbers during the last winter season. The tourists enjoy the snowfall and all winter activities in Gulmarg, Pahalgam, Sonamarg, and Srinagar. The department has geared up once again to make good arrangements for the tourists including comfortable hotels and houseboat services, healthy…

KCCI bats for direct flights from Srinagar to Jeddah

March 6, 2022 Editor

The Kashmir Chamber of Commerce and Industries (KCCI) Saturday hoped the upcoming spring season for Jammu & Kashmir will be proved as a “spring of opportunities,” and urged upon Lieutenant Governor Manoj Sinha to start flights from Srinagar to Jeddah directly. President, KCCI Sheikh Ashiq while addressing a press conference here in Srinagar, said we are hopeful the upcoming spring season for the entire J&K will be turned into a “spring of opportunities” for the reinvigoration of the economy and other business activities. “The spring is coming and we have…

Kashmir Calling: Nationwide promotional campaign started by J&K Tourism Department

March 5, 2022March 5, 2022 Editor

The J&K Tourism Department has started its promotional campaign among the various tourism markets across the country. In this connection, the Department has been participating in the three days Travel and Tourism Fair at Bangalore and India Travel Mart at Ahmedabad beginning today. Joint Director, Tourism, Jammu, Natasha Kalsotra and CEO, Gulmarg Development Authority, Ghulam Jeelani Zargar are attending the Tour & Travel Fair at Bangalore whiles as CEO, Rajouri Development Authority, VivekPuri, and Deputy Director, Tourism, Kashmir, AhsanulHaq are representing the Department at the India Travel Mart at Ahmedabad,…

Tulip Festival 2022: Garden to open on March 20

February 21, 2022February 21, 2022 Editor

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The famous tulip garden of Jammu and Kashmir’s Srinagar city will be thrown open on March 20 as 15 lakh tulips are expected to bloom this year. Sheikh Fayaz, commissioner/secretary floriculture department told some reporters that because of the comparatively better weather this season, the tulip garden will be thrown open earlier than usual. He said 2 lakh tourists visited the garden last year. Tulip Festival 2022 04 Nights & 05 Days (03 Star) Offer Price Rs. 24750.00 (Couple) Hotel & Houseboat Accommodation Exclusive Tulip Garden Tour (Entry Tickets Included)…

J&K opens new trekking routes to offbeat locations

February 20, 2022 Editor

Most of these 75 trekking routes are offbeat locations in Jammu and Kashmir and trail deep inside forests providing a thrilling experience to the adventure seekers, trekkers, and tourists Nature adventurists can now challenge their trekking skills through wild and virgin routes of Kashmir amid gushing streams, serene glaciers, lakes and vast meadows surrounded by pine and kail forests as many fresh routes have been thrown open in J&K. Most of these 75 routes are offbeat locations in Jammu and Kashmir and trail deep inside forests providing a thrilling experience…

Rs 35581.44 Crore Budget; Disappointed, no major announcements for J&K: Kashmir Inc

February 2, 2022 Editor

Union Budget presented by the Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman in Parliament on Tuesday has failed to impress Kashmir Inc, which was hopeful that the Budget will have a special package for Jammu and Kashmir. President, Kashmir Chamber of Commerce and Industries, Sheikh Ashiq said that the Union Budget has failed to provide any succor to Kashmir’s business community who are facing losses for the last three years. “Though we have not conducted a detailed postmortem of the annual statement, still by having a glance at the Budget highlights, there is…

J&K’s tourism industry blown down by latest Covid crises

January 30, 2022 Editor

The third wave of Covid has impacted tourism in Jammu and Kashmir in January after it had made an encouraging comeback till the end of last year. From a record 1.4 lakh tourist arrivals in December 2021, the numbers this month have come down to less than half with just over 60,000 visitors till January 27. Officials of the tourism department said owing to escalating Covid cases this month, the tourist arrivals have come down, but have not stopped. “The pandemic has an effect on the arrivals, but they have…

Pending payments, Lock-downs wreaking havoc on businesses, Economy: Kashmir Chamber

January 29, 2022 Editor

The business community in Kashmir has urged the J&K administration to pay the overdue payments of the businessmen and entrepreneurs pending for over four years now and rethink the recent decision of imposing lockdown on the weekends. They stated that the weekend lockdowns have once again adversely impacted the livelihood of daily wagers and the larger business community. The business representatives urged the Lieutenant Governor of J&K Manoj Sinha to pay heed to the demands of the business community, allow the opening of businesses promising to ensure implementation of Covid19…

Amid Covid surge, sharpest month on month dip in tourist arrivals to Kashmir

January 23, 2022January 23, 2022 Editor

The surge in cases of COVID19 across the country, including Jammu and Kashmir, has proved to be a damp squib for the tourism sector in the Valley. What was looking like a promising winter tourism season on the eve of New Year’s, has lost momentum, with a sharp decrease of more than 1 lakh tourists registered in January so far. As per official figures collected by this newspaper, 1.42 lakh tourists visited Kashmir in December 2021. However, as the Omicron-led Third Wave started to peak from the first week of January,…

Kashmir’s cricket bats industry received booster, by its maiden product appearance in T20 World Cup

January 21, 2022 Editor

The Kashmir Willow bats have finally arrived in the international cricketing world. For the first time in the last 75 years, two international cricket players used the Kashmir willow bats in the T-20 world cup, which was held in Dubai. This development has changed the fate of Kashmir’s Willow bat industry. The demand for Kashmir Willow bats has increased and orders are pouring in from across the World. Bat importers from around 12 cricket-playing nations have placed orders with several bat factories in Kashmir. The Kashmir bat industry was established…