Excelsior Correspondent
Srinagar, May 29: The Government today announced the Tourism Department will hold a week-long adventure Tourism summer festival from June 21 this year to attract tourists across the World.
Tourism Minister G A Mir told reporters the Government would provide various facilities related to adventure tourism, including water sports, paragliding etc., to tourists visiting Kashmir during the summer festival commencing from 21 June to 29 June in the Valley.
Mir said in order to promote tourism sector, guest houses, hotels, restaurant and related infrastructure with advance facilities needs to be upgraded.
“The Government is formulating a comprehensive programme for up-gradation of tourism related infrastructure at potential spots to provide much needed accommodation facilities to meet out the requirement of tourist sector in the State,” he said.
On the issue of sky-rocketing air fares to and fro Srinagar, Mir said airlines were not only responsible for it.
“Some travel agents and tour operators book the tickets for peak season in advance and then start profiteering at the peak season. We all have to see that we do not do anything that has the potential to harm the tourism, which is the backbone of Kashmir economy,” he said.
He said that the rural tourism which has been introduced in the State and tourist related infrastructure is being created at identified rural tourist destinations out of which tourist related infrastructure in 29 villages have been created.
He appealed the hoteliers of the Valley for providing quality boarding and lodging facilities to the tourists which would earn a good name for them and would boost economy and would provided much needed employment opportunity to un-employed youth of the State.
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