Kashmir witnesses highest-ever tourist footfall in 7 years

Kashmir: As many as 1,27,605 tourists visited Kashmir in November this year which is more than all the figures in the month in the past seven years.

According to the Jammu and Kashmir government officials 6,327 tourists had visited Kashmir in November 2020 which is way lesser than the current figure of nearly 1,27,000.

Director, Tourism Kashmir, Dr GN Itoo said that the organised some of the iconic festivals like houseboat festival, the Sufi festival in which the national level celebrities had participated and also literary festival because of which a buzz was created at the national as well as the international level.

He said that it is the first time in the past 7 years, that tourists in such large number have turned up in October and November.