New Delhi, Feb. 5 -- Bharatiya Janata Party Jammu & Kashmir President and Member of Parliament, Rajya Sabha, Sat Sharma, CA, forcefully raised key issues related to the development and promotion of tourism in the Union Territory of Jammu & Kashmir during the ongoing session of the Rajya Sabha.

Responding promptly to the unstarred question, Union Minister for Tourism, Gajendra Singh Shekhawat, presented a detailed account of tourist inflow and the initiatives undertaken by the Ministry of Tourism to strengthen tourism infrastructure and employment generation in the region.

The Minister informed the House that 94.55 lakh pilgrims and tourists visited the Shri Mata Vaishno Devi Shrine in 2024, while 69.32 lakh pilgrims and tourists visited t...