Tag: Pahalgam

Kashmir tourism industry, which was grim due to the decline in tourist arrivals last year is considering the snowfall on Wednesday as a possibility for a surge in tourist inflow. While tourists in large numbers thronged Gulmarg to celebrate New Year and Christmas recently, Wednesday’s snowfall has spread optimism among tourism industry for seasons ahead. Hotel bookings in Greater Kashmir, which have picked up since Christmas and New Year holidays, are expected to go further up in coming days. It is expected that tourists who are interested in snowboarding, heli-skiing and ice-skiing will flow to Kashmir to enjoy the first ... Read more

After the rain havoc halting the Amarnath Yathra for the past two days, it restarted again with the sixth batch of 3,489 pilgrims leaving from Jammu today. The pilgrims, including 774 women and 237 sadhus, are headed to the 3,888-metre-high cave shrine in south Kashmir Himalayas, amid tight security. The pilgrims left for the cave shrine in 114 vehicles from the Bhagwati Nagar base camp at 2:30 am. So far, 36,366 pilgrims have visited the shrine by taking the 36-km Pahalgam track in Anantnag and 12-km Baltal route in Ganderbal since the commencement of the annual 60-day pilgrimage on June 28. ... Read more