Over 2.3 cr tourists visited J&K in 2017: Tourism Minister

JAMMU: Minister for Tourism Tassaduq Mufti on Monday said that more than 2.3 crore tourists had visited the State in the last year.

Winding up the discussion on Demands for Grants of Tourism and allied Departments for the year 2018-19 in the House, the Minister, while giving details of tourist arrivals, informed that during 2017, 1227764 (including foreign and domestic) tourists visited Kashmir, 922800 to Jammu and 230662 to Ladakh region.

He also informed that 259581 pilgrim tourists visited Kashmir to pay obeisance at Shri Amarnath Cave Shrine and 8170880 visited Shri Mata Vaishno Devi Cave Shrine. (AGENCIES)

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