Srinagar, April 23 -- The attack on tourists in Pahalgam has triggered panic among thousands of tourists present in the Valley and worried the tourism stakeholders at a time when the Himalayan valley had started on a booming tourist season riding high on the inflow of visitors for the past three years.

As the news of the terror attack on tourists in the remote and picturesque Baisaran in the tourist resort of Pahalgam in south Kashmir trickled in, there was a wave of fear among the tourists in Pahalgam which was teeming with tourists.

Some rushed back to their hotels while many decided to immediately cancel their trips and leave.

Rakesh Sharma, who was on a sojourn from Delhi to the Valley with his family for the past four days, decide...