Rs 1100 cr loss in a year, Kashmir tourism continues to bleed

Hizbul Mujahideen commander Burhan Wani’s killing on July 8 last year and subsequent unrest have cost Kashmir’s hotel industry Rs 1,100 crore. Javid Amin, 40, looks pensive at his Spartan office in Srinagar. For the last one year, Javid, who owns JKL Travels / Kashmir Travels, has been struggling to pay wages and meet daily office expenses. In the last one year, the number of annual bookings fell to 30 from 300. Javid has suffered a loss of Rs 15 lakh this year alone. “We have become defaulters because we…

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