‘Over 1000 bookings cancelled’ Over thousand bookings were cancelled in the wake of the five civilian killings in Kupwara district earlier this month with the tourism industry witnessing 40 percent decline in tourist arrivals, according to the local tour operators. President Travel Agents Society of Kashmir (TASK), Mohammad Ibrahim Siah told Kashmir POST that the civilian killings in Handwara and Kupwara hit the tourism sector badly “as 30 to 40 percent of tourism related businesses was lost due to the cancellation of advanced bookings by the tourists”. “Though the season…
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