JAMMU, Feb. 6 -- Chief minister Omar Abdullah on Thursday said that the tourist destinations that were shut following the Pahalgam terror attack on April 22 last year should be re-opened and he would take up the matter with home minister Amit Shah.

Responding to questions raised by several legislators on the promotion of tourism, Abdullah said, "Time has come to reopen tourist destinations that were earlier closed in the Kashmir".

"It is a fact that some tourist places were closed. The time has now come to reopen them," he added

"In this context discussions are already underway with the Centre and I assure the House that the matter will be taken up with the Union Home Minister, who is visiting Jammu," he said.

Abdullah also informed t...