Closed after 2025 Pahalgam attack, 14 tourist spots reopen in Jammu and Kashmir

Fourteen tourist sites, including the famous tulip garden in Srinagar and Yousmarg meadow, will now welcome visitors after being closed since the Pahalgam attack. This move comes as part of a broader reopening following improved security conditions.

Tourist destinations in Jammu and Kashmir that were shut following last year’s Pahalgam terror attack, including Asia’s largest tulip garden in Srinagar, have now been reopened to locals, as well as tourists.

On Monday, Jammu and Kashmir Lieutenant Governor Manoj Sinha directed the immediate reopening of 14 prominent tourist locations across the Union Territory. The sites, which were shut down after the April 2023 Pahalgam attack, also include the alpine meadow of Yousmarg. The decision comes as security assessments indicate improved conditions for visitors.

Authorities closed nearly 50 tourist spots following the April 22, 2025, attack at Baisaran meadow in Pahalgam, which left 26 people dead, most of them tourists. The subsequent closure of these destinations was ordered as a precautionary measure while a security review was conducted.

"After a thorough security review and discussions, I have ordered the reopening of more tourist spots in the Kashmir and Jammu divisions, which were temporarily closed as a precautionary measure," the L-G's office said on X.

Manoj Sinha confirmed that eleven destinations in Kashmir -- Yousmarg, Doodhpathri, Dandipora Park in Kokernag, Peer Ki Gali, Dubjan and Padpawan in Shopian, Astanpora, Thajwas Glacier, Hung Park in Ganderbal, Wullar and Watlab in Baramulla, and the tulip garden in Srinagar -- are now open to visitors.

He also stated that three locations in the Jammu Division -- Devi Pindi in Reasi, Mahu Mangat in Ramban, and Mughal Maidan in Kishtwar -- would also receive tourists again.