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As tourist arrivals swell, Kkashmir grapples with room shortage

Friday, 07 June 2013 00:17

Against Demand Of 1 Lakh Rooms, Srinagar Has 25000; Will Try To Come Out With Solution In New Master Plan: VC SDA

Mukeet Akmali Srinagar, June 6: Booming with tourist influx, Kashmir is grappling with acute shortage of hotel capacity to accommodate the mounting number of visitors with room charges ranging between Rs 10,000 to Rs 50,000 in quality hotels here.According to the official figures there are only 25,000 rooms available in Srinagar which includes guest houses and houseboats, while the demand is for more than one lakh rooms per day.Kashmir’s famous ski resort Gulmarg has only 1500 rooms and Pahalgam around 15,000 rooms.

Steep airfares hit tourism arrivals to Kashmir

Thursday, 06 June 2013 00:39

Stakeholders appeal aviation ministry for intervention Mukeet Akmali Srinagar, June 5: The steep hike in airfares is making Kashmir out-of-bounds for most of the tourists leaving stakeholders here wringing their hands. Airfares from the other destinations— mostly that form main market for Kashmir tourism— to state’s summer capital have increased manifold during the last month, which is a major cause of worry for the local tourism stakeholders.

‘No concept of emergency, life support in Kashmir’

Thursday, 06 June 2013 00:30

German based company launches economical medical equipments

Amarnath agitation was planned in Delhi: NC

Thursday, 06 June 2013 00:07

‘PDP, BJP Leaders Worked Out Strategy To Incite Communal Passions, Divide JK’ - Bafliaz (Poonch)), June 5: Accusing opposition Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) and BJP of being hand-in-glove, National Conference (NC) Wednesday said the 2008 Amarnath agitation was “outcome of this nexus” and the unrest, planned in New Delhi, was aimed at dividing Jammu and Kashmir.