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Share your ideas & suggestions to boost Tourism in UT of J&K

Start Date: 30-03-2022
End Date: 31-07-2022

The UT of J&K offers beautiful verdant mountains and valleys, religious shrines and remote mountains – a paradise on earth. ...

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The UT of J&K offers beautiful verdant mountains and valleys, religious shrines and remote mountains – a paradise on earth.

The tourism sector is not just a leading source of employment, particularly for women and youth but it also provides opportunities for cohesion and socio-economic inclusion across the regions.

In this regard, J&K MyGov is inviting ideas and suggestions on how to boost tourism in the Union Territory of J&K which will not only encourage tourist inflow but will also support local communities. This would leave a long lasting contribution to strengthen the economy and give new opportunities to the people living here.

Last date of submission is 31st July, 2022.

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M S KUMARSWAMY 2 years 11 months ago

Ameni ties to tourists have been considerably extended now. A net work of well equipped dak bungalows and tourist huts has been laid out throughout the Valley. A Tourist Reception Centre has been set up for looking after the over all needs of the tourists.

M S KUMARSWAMY 2 years 11 months ago

The Jammu and Kashmir Government has opened the office of the Director of Tourism which gives visitors all types of information regarding their comfort and safety, board and lodging, journey and transport.

M S KUMARSWAMY 2 years 11 months ago

The tourist trade is an important factor in the economy of Jammu and Kashmir: As many as four lakh tourists pay a visit to the valley every year. The tourist season commences in April-May and continues up to October. Some Europeans come in winter to enjoy the beauty of snowfall and such winter sports like skating and skiing at Gulmarg which is the queen of hill stations in Asia.

M S KUMARSWAMY 2 years 11 months ago

The Jammu and Kashmir Government Tourist Department extends all kinds of facilities to tourists: It has opened its branches at various important stations to supply information and give help to those who intend planning a holiday in Kashmir. Besides those branches, there are innumerable Tourist Agencies in Kashmir which cater to the needs of visitors.

M S KUMARSWAMY 2 years 11 months ago

There are many beauty spots of Kashmir that attract tourists from far-flung places: Pahalgam and Gulmarg are among the finest of them all. The latter is the valley of roses and the tourism department has built up two golf courses of a high standard for the recreation of game lovers. The place is ideal for skiing and trekking.

M S KUMARSWAMY 2 years 11 months ago

Kashmir has another charm as a holiday resort: In addition to its variety of fruits and flowers, scenes and sights, the choice of varied climate that its hills and meadows offer, there are several opportunities for games and sports. One can do boating, skiing, skating, mountaineering, horse riding Etc. One can indulge in fishing, hunting wild animals, catching birds, shooting ducks and other kinds of sports.

M S KUMARSWAMY 2 years 11 months ago

The valley of Kashmir has different attractions for different people: It is a pleasure garden for lovers, a playground for sportsmen, an ideal health resort for the sick and a haven of rest and repose for the worried and weary souls. To a poet, its enchanting sights and sounds are a source of joy and inspiration.

M S KUMARSWAMY 2 years 11 months ago

Kashmir is one of the most attractive tourist resorts in the world: It is a veritable paradise on earth. Beautiful as her mountains are during the day time they appear all the more beautiful and glorious at sunrise and sunset.

M S KUMARSWAMY 2 years 11 months ago

Kashmir is the paradise of tourists: Its scenic beauty and salubrious climate have given it the aptitude of “Tourists Paradise.” With its lakes and mountains, its luxurious chinars and tall slender poplars, delicious fruits ancient monuments, its placid rivers and murmuring streams swarming with Himalayan trout, and a host of innumerable natural attractions Kashmir, as G.T. Vigne prophesied in 1885, has become the sine qua non of the traveller to the East.

M S KUMARSWAMY 2 years 11 months ago

Jammu & Kashmir is a newly created Union Territory in India consisting of two divisions: Jammu Division & Kashmir Division, both of which are administered by the Central Government of India. It is located to the north of Himachal Pradesh & Punjab and to the west of Ladakh.