Safety concerns deter Kashmir visitors

Ahmedabad | Monday | 18th February, 2019

Summary:

This is the time when people start planning for summer vacation, and a terror attack at this juncture will affect the turnout of tourist. Terror attack on a convoy of Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) last week will draw tourists from Gujarat away from Kashmir this year, say the local tour operators. Even tour operators are apprehensive. Uncertainty regarding the nature of response of armed forces to the terror attack and general elections in summer have cast doubts in the minds of people planning a Kashmir trip. Following the attack, there were posts on messaging sites that tour operators are boycotting Kashmir as a mark of protests, however, Gupta denied any such developments in Gujarat..