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These are the most popular ski resorts this winter

December 22, 2023630 Views

Top 10 ski resorts on social media also include Gulmarg in Kashmir With Christmas and New Year’s Eve almost here, millions of people are now planning their holidays. Skiing vacations, however, don’t come cheap, especially at big resorts where, along with accommodation and food, tourists need to pay for ski passes, lifts, equipment, and often insurance. For those who are looking for inspiration and a vacation that won’t break the bank, here is a compiled list of the most viral ski resorts right now. The team at Bonus Insider also checked their prices and looked at essential information such as the length of the ski slopes and the number of ski lifts they have. Researchers crawled TikTok and Instagram to create a list of the most popular ski resorts this winter and they found that...

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Gulmarg’s Igloo café becomes bigger this year, claims to be largest

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February 6, 2022707 Views

Syed Wasim Shah, creator of the igloo, claimed it was the world's largest cafe of its kind and can seat 40 guests An igloo café, which came up at the famous ski-resort of Gulmarg in Jammu and Kashmir for the first time last year has grown bigger this year. Café has become a centre of attraction for tourists coming to this snow paradise. Café serves hot food and drink on tables made of ice and snow. With a height of 37.5 feet and a diameter of 44.5 feet, Syed Wasim Shah, creator of the igloo, claimed it was the world’s largest cafe of its kind. Last year this igloo was 26 feet around and 15 feet high. Igloo cafe at Gulmarg, Jammu and Kashmir. Photo: PTI Shah's igloo café is the only of its kind in India and is inspired by similar attractions in the Northern parts of Europe such...

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Gulmarg hotel lures tourists with igloo café

AWARA MUSAFIR BUREAU

January 29, 20211308 Views

Tourists in Kashmir’s Gulmarg ski resort have a new place to chill out - an igloo cafe that serves hot food and drink on tables made of ice and snow. Staff at Kolahoi Green Heights hotel on the Indian-administered side of the region took inspiration from Arctic shelters and added a few local touches - an arched door and patterns on the curved walls. A waiter comes out of "Igloo Cafe", a cafe prepared with snow and ice, after serving customers at Gulmarg, a ski resort and one of the main tourist attractions in Kashmir region, January 28, 2021. REUTERS/Sanna Irshad Mattoo/Files Syed Waseem Shah's igloo café is the only of its kind in India and is inspired by similar attractions in the Northern parts of Europe such as Sweden, Norway, Finland, Austria and Switzerland. Shah is the owner ...

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Kashmir again abuzz with tourists in New Year

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January 1, 2021949 Views

After a lull of nearly one-and-a-half years, Kashmir was again abuzz with tourists as thousands of people from different parts of the country descended on the picturesque Gulmarg, Pahalgam and other areas of the valley for the New Year. As tourist arrivals spiked, the region witnessed huge traffic jams. The situation was such in the popular skiing destination Gulmarg that some tourists had to ring in the New Year from their vehicles stuck in traffic. Tourists at Gulmarg. Photo: Waseem Andrabi/Twitter "One needs to understand that global destinations are ruled out due to the pandemic and Kashmir became an obvious choice for domestic travellers," says Nighat Shah, the reservation manager with a prominent hotel chain in Srinagar and Gulmarg. Hotels and resorts organised various e...

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Second phase of Gulmarg cable car to reopen from Oct 10

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October 8, 2020760 Views

The Jammu and Kashmir administration on Thursday decided to reopen the second phase of the Gulmarg cable car between Kongdoori and Apharwat for commercial operation from October 10. "The second phase of Gulmarg Gondola shall be operational only on weekends -- Saturdays and Sundays -- for the time being, while the operation of Gondola for the first phase, that is Gulmarg to Kongdoori, will continue to remain functional on daily basis," an official spokesman said here. He said all necessary preventive protocols and SOPs regarding COVID-19 like social distancing, sanitisation of cabins before and after boarding and deboarding of passengers, wearing of masks and temperature checking are being strictly adhered to. (PTI) ...