Srinagar, May 3 -- Even as the attack on tourists at Pahalgam, followed by Indo-Pak tension and a 24/7 bombast war hysteria in certain news studios has almost effaced the tourist influx into Kashmir, an imperceptible visitor footfall is ticking in the Valley saddened at the attack and the happenings in its aftermath.
Almost 99 percent of hotel and houseboat bookings for Kashmir were cancelled by tour operators from Maharashtra, Gujarat, Bangalore and other high-income states of India, said Faiz Ahmad Bakshi, general secretary, Kashmir Chamber of Commerce and Industries (KCCI).
The tourist footprint did suffer a serious blow due to an inhuman attack, but the war hysteria and an ugly presentation of Kashmir in certain news and digital space...