Kashmir witnesses record footfall of tourists, over 3.5 lakh guest arrivals in last three months

The increase in tourist footfall has forced the government to increase the number of flights coming and leaving the Srinagar Airport. 

SRINAGAR: Kashmir Valley has broken all the previous records of tourist arrivals in the last three months. The Valley saw more than 3.5 lakh tourist arrivals in last three months of this year. March month saw the maximum tourist arrivals at 1.8 lakh tourists and, in the last week of April, nearly 58 thousand tourists arrived in Kashmir

The increase in tourist footfall has forced the government to increase the number of flights coming and leaving the Srinagar Airport. Around 92 flights operate daily from the Srinagar airport while 8 to 9 thousand flights land in Kashmir every day.

In the last 7 days of April, 58 thousand tourists have come to the Valley. The Tulip garden was opened in the last week of March and on April 2, more than 50 thousand people thronged the garden.

Ahsan Ul Haq, Deputy Director of Tourism said, "We had around 60,000 tourists coming in the month of January. In February It went up to 1 lac and in March we had a record-breaking number of 1 lac 80 thousand tourists coming to this place. In the last 7 days of April, we have already had 58 thousand tourist arrivals. Around 8 thousand arrivals are happening per day. So, in the last three months, it has crossed the 3-lac number. It's very encouraging to see our efforts yield results. We expect more tourists to come in future."