NEW DELHI: With a series of terrorist activities being reported in Jammu and Kashmir and the North East region, the Centre today said such acts have affected tourism “locally” but ruled out its impact on the overall industry in the country.
In a written reply to Lok Sabha, Tourism Minister Mahesh Sharma said, “Though terrorist activities have to some extent affected tourism locally, they have not had an impact on overall tourism in the country.”
He was responding to queries whether the “growing” incidents of terrorist activities in the North East states and Jammu and Kashmir were causing “enormous” loss to tourism.
In Jammu and Kashmir, Domestic Tourist Visits (DTVs) fell about 3 per cent to 91.45 lakh last year from 94.38 lakh in 2014, while Foreign Tourist Visits (FTVs) decreased by about 32 per cent to 58,568 in 2015 from 86,477 in 2014, Sharma said. (AGENCIES)
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