New Delhi, April 24 -- The Joint Director of Uttarakhand's Information Department, Dr Nitin Upadhyaya, on Thursday highlighted that the Pahalgam terror attack left tourists traumatised, hurting local livelihoods.

A team of tourists from Uttarakhand, including Upadhyaya, had a harrowing experience in Pahalgam, Jammu and Kashmir, after a terror attack shook the region. The team was staying at a hotel amidst the forests where the incident took place.

"The locals say that their livelihood depends on tourism, which was hit due to Covid-19 and boosted in the last 2-2.5 years... The people there were very cooperative and humble... This incident has caused a dent in the tourism of the place for years, possibly...," said the Joint Director of Ut...