India, April 25 -- The Travel Trade Association of Uttar Pradesh (TTAUP) estimates that around 1,000 bookings have been cancelled following the killing of 26 tourists during the Pahalgam terror attack on Tuesday. Tour operators and tourists are now assessing their losses and revising their vacation plans, which were scheduled to begin in just a few days.

Rajiv Arora, founding member and vice-president at TTAUP, explained the immediate impact on their operations.

"We had booked 10 seats block with an airline per day from May 12 to June 20 from Lucknow-Delhi-Srinagar to-and-from for the upcoming season, and this happened. Tourists waited for a day, but from Wednesday, cancellations started pouring in. Now, we are negotiating with airlines...