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JAMMU: Over 1.7 crore tourists visited Jammu & Kashmir successful 2025, including implicit 36,000 overseas visitors, the govt informed the assembly connected Saturday.In a written reply to a starred question raised by Hasnain Masoodi, MLA, the tourism section gave retired a fig of 1,77,65,390 tourists having visited the Union territory betwixt Jan 1 and Dec 31 of 2025.
Of them, 36,410 are planetary travellers, portion 1,77,28,980 are home tourists.Replying to a question whether the govt has fixed targets for the fig of planetary and home tourists visiting J&K successful 2026, the govt stated that nary circumstantial targets person been fixed by the tourism department, adding that, “Sustained and factual efforts are being made to heighten tourer inflow, some home and international, implicit the existing numbers done assorted promotional and developmental initiatives.
”On the resumption of planetary flights from Srinagar airport, the govt replied that Sheikh-ul-Alam International Airport, Srinagar, is afloat equipped with each indispensable infrastructure and facilities to grip planetary formation operations, including immigration, customs, security, and rider handling arrangements.“The commencement of planetary flights is taxable to the operational and commercialized decisions of the respective airlines.
The airdrome remains afloat prepared astatine each times to facilitate planetary formation operations arsenic and erstwhile airlines determine to commence them,” the govt stated.Regarding the Home Stay inaugural and challenges related to it, the govt said the inaugural has been mostly successful, enhancing accommodation capacity, generating section employment and encouraging assemblage information successful tourism. “Given its affirmative impact, the programme is apt to beryllium expanded to different imaginable areas,” the govt said.“The large challenges faced see deficiency of awareness, capableness constraints, and infrastructure related issues, which are being addressed done consciousness campaigns, capacity-building initiatives, and coordination with the departments acrophobic for infrastructure support,” the govt said.
