STATE TIMES NEWS
Srinagar: Terming Kashmir as a safe place for tourists, a delegation of tour operators from different parts of the country, who were on a familiarisation tour of the Valley, today called upon the people to visit the “heaven on earth”, saying the atmosphere here was “totally positive.”
“We have seen a total positive atmosphere here in the Valley right from the airport. Till now in these 20 years (since the militancy broke out in Kashmir), no untoward incident has happened with any tourist in Kashmir. They remained safe here, feel safe and it is safe here,” Satish Shah of Pooja Holidays Mumbai said here.
Shah was part of a 25-member delegation of tour operators on a Familiarisation tour of the Valley on the invitation of the Department of Tourism, Kashmir.
During their stay of four days in Kashmir, the tour operators visited many famous places of the Valley, including Pahalgam, Gulmarg and Srinagar to assess the situation after months of unrest following the killing of Hizbul Mujahideen terrorist Burhan Wani in July.
Shah said people outside the state were worried because of the situation but the tour operators would now assure them that the place was safe for the tourists.
