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After an eight-month agelong lull, New Year’s eve saw a surge successful tourer numbers successful Kashmir and the tourism “golden triangle” of Gulmarg, Pahalgam and Sonmarg logged successful a grounds of 90-100% edifice occupancy.
Official figures of the Tourism section suggested that Gulmarg with 2,300 beds successful hotels and huts was sold retired connected December 31 with 100% occupancy. Sonamarg, with 2,580 beds, besides recorded 100% occupancy.
“Pahalgam with astir 10,000 beds besides saw 90% edifice occupancy. At slightest 5,000 tourists arrived successful Pahalgam connected December 31. Later, Pahalgam hosted astir 7,000 tourists,” a elder authorities authoritative told The Hindu.
Top section artists and singers from Kashmir, including Indian Idol icon Qazi Tauqeer, performed astatine the philharmonic evenings held for tourists successful each these destinations.
“There was a good response to the winter festival that started on December 25. Tourist footfall has accrued importantly and is evident from the buzz successful Pahalgam,” said Nasrool Hilal Jeri, Chief Executive Officer, Pahalgam Development Authority.
It is for the archetypal clip since the Pahalgam panic attack, which near 26 tourists dormant successful April past year, that the Kashmir vale recorded a bustling tourist season.
The New Year has augured good for the tourism manufacture of Kashmir. “We are hopeful the existent momentum volition sustain and adjacent prime up further. We impulse tourists to program a sojourn to Kashmir and instrumentality up adventurous sports similar skiing successful winters,” said Syed Qamar Sajad, Director, Tourism. He said the icing connected the barroom is that the Tourism section was bidding farewell to 2025 connected a precise affirmative note.
Kashmir hosted lone astir 10.47 lakh home tourists successful 2025 compared to astir 26 lakh tourists successful 2024, according to the Tourism department.
