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“Another Day in Paradise” highlights tourism potential of Valley

April 19, 2021430 Views

In order to promote the various Tourism potentials of Jammu & Kashmir and to address the various opportunities in Travel, Tourism & Hospitality in the Union Territory of Jammu & Kashmir the Ministry of Tourism, Government of India & Department of Tourism, Government Of Jammu & Kashmir in association with FICCI (Knowledge Partner), and IGTA organised a unique networking platform ‘Tapping the Tourism Potential of Kashmir: Another Day in Paradise’ recently at Srinagar. The event received participation from who’s who from the Travel, Tourism & Hospitality sector, key Industry stakeholders and Policy makers from Kashmir and various parts of India. A special event of one to one B2B meetings was also organized among key industry stake holders from Travel, Touris...

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First day, First show: Asia’s biggest Tulip Garden now open

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March 25, 20211758 Views

Asia's biggest Tulip Garden at Siraj Bagh in Srinagar, Kashmir is now open for the year. Normally the garden opens with the start of April. But this year it has opened a week earlier owing to favourable weather conditions. We can also say that because the winter winded up a bit early and it brought the spring before time in the valley, hence the tulips also started blooming early. Hence the garden at Siraj Bagh on the banks of the Dal Lake was thrown open for the tourists on 25th March. Not all the bulbs have bloomed, still some to go. It would be full by the start of April. It is indeed once in a lifetime chance to see more than a million tulips of different hues and shades blooming at a place which we call as paradise on earth. https://youtu.be/TXok0Ffvb8Q Advisor to the Lieuten...

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जन्नत में खिले हैं फूल

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March 23, 20212270 Views

जब भारत में प्रकृति की बेइंतहा खूबसूरती की बात हो तो कश्मीर का नाम सबसे पहले आता है। राजधानी श्रीनगर का ट्यूलिप गार्डन अब वहां की इस खूबसूरती में चार चांद लगा रहा है, वादियां सैलानियों से गुलजार हैं। जबरवान पहाडिय़ों की तलहटी में बना यह ट्यूलिप गार्डन भारत में अपनी तरह का पहला ट्यूलिप गार्डन है अगर आप फूलों के शौकीन है, महामारी में घर बैठे-बैठे ऊब गए हैं और कश्मीर जाने का प्लान बना रहे है तो देर मत कीजिए क्योंकि यहां दक्षिण एशिया का सबसे बड़े ट्यूलिप गार्डन है जहां हर साल की तरह इस साल भी ट्यूलिप फेस्टिवल का आयोजन होगा। बस, इस बार यह थोड़ा जल्दी हो रहा है क्योंकि फूल इस बार थोड़ा पहले खिल गए हैं। लिहाजा इस साल यानी 2021 में यह गार्डन 25 मार्च से खुल जाएगा। आम तौर पर यह अप्रैल के पहले सप्ताह में खुलता रहा है। पिछले साल कोरोना महामारी के कारण लॉकडाउन की मार झेल चुका यहां का पर्यटन...

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Tulip garden likely to open early due to rising temperature

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February 26, 20211263 Views

One of the favourite places for tourists coming to valley, Tulip garden in Srinagar would likely be thrown open earlier this year in case the prevalent weather conditions persist in the Valley, officials said on Thursday. Director Floriculture Fayaz Ahmad Rather said that the date for opening the Tulip garden at Siraj Bagh has not been decided yet as it is subjected to the weather conditions. “We are expecting an early opening of the garden this year due to the rise in the temperature,” he said. He said that the garden is being thrown open in the last week of March every year, but this year may be thrown open early in case the prevalent weather conditions continue. “If the weather conditions remain good then the garden will be thrown open around March 20,” he said. ...

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Train services resume in Kashmir Valley after 11 months

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February 22, 2021444 Views

Train services resumed in the Kashmir Valley on Monday after remaining suspended for around 11 months due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Train services have been resumed partially between Baramulla and Banihal. "A dry run of 137 km was carried out on Sunday between Baramulla and Banihal," an official of the Northern Railways said. "In the partial resumption of operations, the service will have two runs daily between Banihal and Baramulla," the official said. The train service from Banihal in the Jammu division to Baramulla in Kashmir division has 17 stations in between. !function(e,t,c,a){if(!e.fwn&&(a="fwn_script",n=e.fwn=function(){ n.callMethod?n.callMethod.apply(n,arguments):n.queue.push(arguments) },e._fwn||(e._fwn=n),n.queue=[],!t.getElementById(a))){var d=...

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Doda to host Chenab water rafting festival

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February 8, 2021701 Views

Jammu and Kashmir's Doda district will be organising a water rafting festival on Chenab river later this month to promote adventure tourism, officials have said. In this regard, a trial was organised in coordination with JK Adventures' rafting group, an official spokesman said. He said Doda District Development Commissioner Sagar D Doifode and several other adventure enthusiasts participated in the rafting trial by following all the safety protocols. The trial started from Premnagar and ended at Karara, he said, adding that the trial participants termed it as one of the safe and secure routes for rafting. The district administration is going to hold white water rafting festival this month end as part of its tourism promotion campaign, Doifode said. !function(e,t,...

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Gulmarg hotel lures tourists with igloo café

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January 29, 20211317 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, 2021959 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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Sheen Mubarak: Srinagar receives first snowfall of the season

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December 12, 2020599 Views

A white blanket covered Kashmir on Saturday as all parts of the valley received moderate to heavy snowfall, leading to the closure of roads, officials here said. It was first snowfall of the season for Srinagar, although higher reaches of Kashmir valley had received first snowfall on November 15, almost a month ago. That was the first fall in the inhabited areas of the valley, including Gulmarg and Sonmarg tourist resorts. Hills around Dal lake in Srinagar covered in snow on Saturday. Photo Waseem Andrabi/Twitter It's time for the people of Kashmir to bring out their traditional Pheren (tweed over garment) Kangris (fire-pot oven in a basket of willow wicker) wishing each other Sheen Mubarak (Happy Snowfall). Snowfall began late on Friday night in most parts of Kashmir and just after...

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Second phase of Gulmarg cable car to reopen from Oct 10

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October 8, 2020773 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) ...