Srinagar, June 6 -- Hopes have rekindled for tourism revival, thanks to the Kashmir train.

Tourism stakeholders are hoping that the train to Kashmir will instill much-neededconfidence among tourists to visit the valley again.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi is scheduled to inaugurate the much-anticipatedVande Bharattrain to Kashmir on June 6. The move is being widely viewed as a symbolic step toward normalcy and a potential catalyst for reviving tourisminthe Valley.

"Post-Pahalgam attack, tourism came to a complete standstill. Bookings were cancelled en masse, and for nearly a month, the sector wasinshock. Now that tourist activity has resumed, albeit at a minimal level, we are hopeful theVande Bharattrain will give tourism the much-neede...