New Delhi/Srinagar: Kashmir has hosted 1.05 crore tourists in the last six months which is equivalent to the region’s total population, as per the 2011 Census, Jammu and Kashmir have a total population of 1.25 Crores including the regions of Jammu and Ladakh.
Union Minister for Tourism, G K Reddy on Monday said that 1.05 crore tourists have visited Jammu and Kashmir in the first six months of the year 2022.
He was replying to a query by Mala Roy in (lower house of the Indian parliament) Lok Sabha.
“Tourism sector in J&K is one of the core sectors of the economy. As a result of the initiatives taken by the J&K Government in private as well as Government sectors there has been a significant hike in the tourist footfall despite of the Covid challenges,” Reddy said.
In the year 2020, he said, the tourist footfall was 41267, which has increased to 1.05 crores during the first six months (January-June) of the calendar year 2022.
He said that J&K has seen tourist flow in all the seasons during the period and that too high-end tourists, who have a good experience of quality services.
He added that the high influx of tourists has, directly and indirectly, benefited the local populace including the people living in far-flung areas of the region.
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