Tag: Jammu Kashmir

The Ministry of Tourism has organised a mega tourism promotion event in Srinagar “Tapping the Potential of Kashmir: Another Day in Paradise” from 11th -13th April, 2021.The Lt. Governor of the Union Territory of Jammu & Kashmir , Shri Manoj Sinha and Union Minister of State for Tourism & Culture (I/c)Shri Prahlad Singh Patel inaugurated and virtually addressed the delegates at the event. The Ministry of Tourism, Government of India in association with the Tourism Department of Jammu- Kashmir, Federation of Indian Chamber of Commerce & Industries (FICCI) and the Indian Golf Tourism Association (IGTA) has organised this event. The ... Read more

The Jammu & Kashmir government has said that the Kargil Airport will be developed into a full-fledged airport for commercial flight operations. BVR Subrahmanyam, Chief Secretary, Jammu & Kashmir government held a meeting in New Delhi with Union Secretary, Civil Aviation and other Airport Authority of India (AAI) officials including Member Planning, AAI for development of existing Kargil Airport for full operation of commercial flights including Boeing, Airbus, etc. The MoU with AAI is expected to be signed by July, 15. The foundation stone for the extension of the runway is expected to be laid by the end of August, ... Read more

Jammu and Kashmir’s Sericulture and Tourism departments are planning to introduce ‘Seri-Tourism’ as a joint venture to promote both the sectors for enhancing the livelihood opportunities, a senior government official has said. Under the first phase, model mulberry gardens of highly improved Japanese mulberry plants would be established at the Jammu Tawi Golf Course (JTGC), Sidhra and the Royal Springs Golf Course (RSGC) in Srinagar during this season, said Secretary, Tourism, Rigzin Samphael at a meeting here on Saturday. The meeting was attended by Director Sericulture Gulzar Ahmad Shabnum, Secretary of the JTGC, Sidhra Hitesh Gupta and other senior officers ... Read more

Arrival of winter in Kashmir helped the tourism sector valley, as most of the hotels and guest houses in Kashmir’s Gulmarg and Jammu’s Patnitop are full, as tourists from across the country have been flocking to enjoy the cold weather and snow. “Today both Gulmarg and Patnitop are witnessing 100 per cent occupancy. Over 1500 rooms of hotels, guest houses and government huts are occupied in the famous ski resort Gulmarg,” said Rigzin Samphel, Tourism Secretary, to the media on Sunday. “The Patnitop hills and its adjacent resorts are also chock-full with local visitors as well as from north India ... Read more

Buoyed by the success of many tourism initiatives under Prime Minister’s Development Package-2015, the Government of Jammu & Kashmir has taken yet another leap by proposing to open up more tourists/trekking routes in the region of Ladakh with the aim of recapturing the glory, rich culture and beauty of the region. With the objective of giving fillip to the tourism sector and enhancing the economic activity in the “Land of High Passes” (Ladakh region) of J&K, the Ministry of Home Affairs has approved the proposal of State Government of J&K to open up more tourists/trekking routes in the region. The ... Read more

The Central government has approved the extension of the Udhampur-Srinagar-Baramulla rail link up to Kupwara in north Kashmir, with an objective to expand connectivity in J&K. “I am glad to inform you that the railways has prioritized the extension of the rail link from Baramulla to Kupwara and has sanctioned an updated survey for it,” Anil Srivastava, Adviser (Transport) NITI (National Institution for Transforming India) Aayog, said in his message to J&K Chief Secretary BVR Subrahmanyam on Thursday, 29th November 2018. As per reports, the Baramulla-Kupwara rail link project would be taken up under umbrella work by the railways. Governor’s ... Read more

Ministry of Tourism, Government of India has launched a scheme, ‘Viability Gap Scheme’ for exploiting and encouraging private investment in Tourism Sector on Public-Private Partnership (PPP) mode. It was informed by the Secretary, Tourism Department, Jammu & Kashmir on Tuesday . “Private companies intending to make investment under PPP mode can contact the office of Directorate of Tourism Jammu/Kashmir and Chief Executives Officer of various Development Authorities of Tourism Department,” said the Tourism Secretary. The scheme would involve investment in infrastructure used by tourists and earning revenue through levy of fee or user charges on the visitors. Revenue generating tourism ... Read more

Kashmir tourism department is planning to have country wide promotion campaigns in association with the private sector. In the first phase, attracting more south Indian tourists will be in focus. “We have set up stall in the 34th IATO (Indian Association of Tour Operators) convention in Vishakapatnam, which started on 6th September 2018 and will have presentations about our tourist hot-spots,” said Tasaduq Jeelani, Director of Tourism, Kashmir. “There will be promotional campaigns in all major cities, with priority to south Indian cities like Chennai and Bengaluru,” he added The state has been experiencing shortfall in the tourism inflow due ... Read more

Haji Inayat Ali, Chairman, Jammu and Kashmir Legislative Council and Khurshid Ahmad Ganai, Advisor to the governor,  have inaugurated the two-day Kargil Ladakh Tourism Festival-2018 at Khree Sultan Cho Sports Stadium at Biamathang Kargil. The two-day event features multi-ethnic traditional music and dance performances by folk artists of different ethnic groups of the region including Purgi, Dalti, Dardi. The event also features traditional horse polo and archery matches. Besides, it also has an exhibition of local art and craft on various stalls, which serves ethnic food. Haji Inayat Ali highlighted the scope of tourism in Kargil, and said that the topography ... Read more

Ladakh has been awarded as the ‘Best Adventure Tourism Destination’ in Outlook Traveller Awards 2018 held in New Delhi. “The tourism department has taken concerted efforts to promote adventure tourism and sports in Ladakh. Trekking activities like Chadar trek on the frozen Zanskar River, hiking to Stok Kangri (6121 m) and Nun and Kun Peaks (7135 m), besides biking to Pangong Lake are popular activities attracting a large number of travellers. Camping, double hump camel rides and traditional sports of horse polo and archery also attract adventure enthusiast from across the world,” said Mahmood A Shah, Director tourism, Kashmir. The department also ... Read more

If tourism needs to get a boost in the Kashmir valley, it needs to raise civic infrastructure and build institutional framework within tourism industry so that the benefits reach the local economy and help common people. “Limited number of five-star hotels in Kashmir is a lacuna that needs to be overcome. Kashmir needs more of them. What is the point of asking more airlines to fly to Srinagar when the starred hotel infrastructure is quite weak?,” said Kapil Kaul, CEO of New Delhi-based Centre for Asia Pacific Aviation (CAPA) India while addressing a session at the second day of the three-day convention of ... Read more

Jammu and Kashmir Tourism Minister ‘Tassaduq Hussain Mufti’ is on a new mission to promote tourism of the state. Besides social media campaigns the state offers new festivals and fairs to attract audience participation, that further enhances destination marketing. Creating new destination-based promotional films on the most traffic destinations namely Mata Vaishno Devi, Basohli and Patnitop are been highlighted by the minister. The department of tourism thus plans to screen these movies across PVR cinemas. Besides conventional marketing strategies, hoardings and visual screens at airports and railway stations are planned to be implemented. The government even got new proposal to put it ... Read more

With an aim to promote adventure and snow tourism in Bhaderwah Valley, the Bhadarwah Development Authority (BDA) in collaboration with Jammu Kashmir Tourism Department and Jawahar Institute of Mountaineering (JIM) is planning to organise a week-long training workshop from March 19. Besides being a wonderful destination for leisure and summer tourism, Bhaderwah has got ample scope for adventure and snow tourism as well and they have been demanding that snow sports and other adventure activities should be projected and promoted to attract tourists round the year. “Bhaderwah can become a haven for adventure tourism and to tap this potential, we ... Read more

Photo Courtesy: OTV An infiltration bid by militants has been foiled on the Line of Control (LoC) in Uri sector of Baramulla district. India and Pakistani troops on Tuesday exchanged fire along LoC in Rajouri and Uri. No casualties have been reported so far. “Noticing suspicious movement in Gohalan area on Monday, alert troops fired forcing the infiltrating militants to flee back,” Defence Ministry sources said.  “Pakistan Army started firing at Indian positions immediately after the infiltrators were forced to withdraw. Indian positions retaliated strongly and effectively,” said military officials. Pakistani shelling along the border in Jammu and Kashmir has increased ... Read more

ഷാജഹാന്‍ കെഇ കശ്മീര്‍ ഹിമഗിരികള്‍ എന്നെ മോഹിപ്പിക്കാന്‍ തുടങ്ങിയിട്ട് വര്‍ഷങ്ങളായി. ഭൂമിയില്‍  സ്വര്‍ഗമുണ്ടെങ്കില്‍ അത് കശ്മീരാണെന്ന് കേട്ടറിവേ ഉണ്ടായിരുന്നൊള്ളൂ. പക്ഷെ കണ്ടറിഞ്ഞു… അനുഭവിച്ചറിഞ്ഞു… നോക്കെത്താ ദൂരത്തോളം പരന്നു കിടക്കുന്ന മഞ്ഞു മലകള്‍, ഉരുകി ഒലിച്ചിറങ്ങുന്ന പാലരുവികള്‍, ഹൃദയം കീഴടക്കുന്ന കുങ്കുമപ്പാടങ്ങള്‍, ദേവതാരുവും, ആപ്പിളും, ആപ്രിക്കോട്ടും, ചിനാര്‍ മരങ്ങളും അതിരിട്ട പാതകള്‍… അങ്ങനെ ആരെയും വശീകരിക്കുന്ന അതിസുന്ദരിയായ കശ്മീര്‍. യാത്ര പുറപ്പെടുമ്പോള്‍ വാര്‍ത്തകളിലൂടെ അറിഞ്ഞ കശ്മീരായിരുന്നു മനസ്സില്‍. സ്ഫോടനം, ആക്രമണം, തീവ്രവാദം, നുഴഞ്ഞുകയറ്റം തുടങ്ങിയ അന്തരീക്ഷമായിരുന്നു മനസിലെ ഫ്രൈമില്‍. അത്യാവശ്യം വേണ്ട സാധനങ്ങളും സഹചാരിയായ കാമറയും തൂക്കി വീട്ടില്‍ നിന്നിറങ്ങി. കോഴിക്കോട് റെയില്‍വേ സ്റ്റേഷനില്‍ നിന്ന് ജമ്മു വരെയുള്ള ട്രെയിനില്‍ കയറി. ട്രെയിന്‍ ടിക്കറ്റ് നേരത്തെ ബുക്ക് ചെയ്തിരുന്നു. ജമ്മുവില്‍ നിന്നും കശ്മീരിലേക്ക് ബസ്സിലായിരുന്നു യാത്ര. പത്തു മണിക്കൂര്‍ നീണ്ട ഈ യാത്രയില്‍ തന്നെ കശ്മീരിനെ ആസ്വദിച്ചു തുടങ്ങി. മലകള്‍ കയറി ചുരങ്ങള്‍ താണ്ടിയുള്ള ഈ യാത്ര വളരെ അപകടം നിറഞ്ഞതാണ്‌. കൊക്കകള്‍ക്കു ... Read more