Srinagar, Sept. 19 -- Jammu and Kashmir chief minister Omar Abdullah on Thursday questioned the rationale of the lieutenant governor-led security apparatus for still keeping many tourist destinations closed in Kashmir even as the government goes on promoting tourism.

Soon after the targeted killing of 25 tourists and a local ponnywala by Pakistan based terrorists, in Baisaran, Pahalgam, in south Kashmir on April 22, the government had announced closure of nearly 50 tourist places across J&K due to security issues.

However, on June 17, J&K LG administration announced opening of just 16 of these destinations- eight each in Kashmir and Jammu divisions.

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