J&K keen to begin border tourism

Since last year, a large number of visitors to Kashmir have been wanting to visit hitherto unexplored places. The border districts of Kupwara, Bandipora and Baramulla have huge tourism potential spread along the LoC

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The ceasefire agreement between India and Pakistan has continued and so the tourism department in Jammu and Kashmir has written to the authorities to open up tourism along the Line of Control (LoC) in Kashmir.

The decision by the DGMOs of the two countries in February last year to respect the bilateral ceasefire agreement has brought normalcy in the lives of hundreds of people living on the two sides of the LoC and the international border in Jammu and Kashmir.

Since last year, a large number of visitors to Kashmir have been wanting to visit hitherto unexplored places. The border districts of Kupwara, Bandipora and Baramulla have huge tourism potential spread along the LoC.

In August 2021, a tourism festival was held at the Bangus Valley in Kupwara district where Lt Governor Manoj Sinha had said that both the UT’s tourism department and the Army would facilitate visits to remote places like the Bangus Valley

In September last year, Ajay Bhatt, MoS in the Defence Ministry, held a meeting with the officials of the tourism department and other stakeholders. The minister had told the tourism department officials and other stakeholders that the ministry was committed to promote tourism in the border areas in J&K on priority basis.

In August 2021, a tourism festival was held at the Bangus Valley in Kupwara district where Lt Governor Manoj Sinha had said that both the UT’s tourism department and the Army would facilitate visits to remote places like the Bangus Valley.

PTI reported that officials of the tourism department have written to the district development commissioners of Kupwara, Bandipora and Baramulla for starting the process of border tourism. The tourism department would like to start border tourism in places like Gurez, Karnah, Uri, Bangus Valley etc.

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