Vijayawada, June 26 -- Union Minister for Tourism Gajendra Singh Shekhawat has asserted that the number of tourists visiting Pahalgam in J and K has gone up, in the aftermath of the April 22 terrorist attack.

Addressing a press conference here today, Gajendra Singh Shekhawat said that he visited Pahalgam recently. "The tourists have started coming to Jammu and Kashmir. The influx to Pahalgam has gone up now, after the unfortunate incident," he highlighted, referring to the terrorist attack there in which 26 tourists were killed.

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