Many guests who left Kashmir midway most well-liked to remain in accommodations in Patnitop. Following the Pahalgam assault, tourism in Jammu and Kashmir wore a abandoned look, which affected Patnitop as nicely.
Nevertheless, over the previous few days, vacationers have began to go to once more, on account of which there was an increase in revenue for the hoteliers.
In keeping with hotelier Rajesh Kumar, because of the Pahalgam incident, the state of affairs worsened in Jammu, on account of which the tourism enterprise was deeply affected. Nevertheless, many individuals left Jammu and got here to Patnitop, a hill station in Udhampur district, which is an indication of reduction for everybody.
“Ever for the reason that state of affairs in Pahalgam worsened, our work was completely zero, the individuals who had been from right here fled from Jammu and are actually coming to stay right here. Now we’ve got received reduction as a result of automobiles have come, in any other case, the state of affairs was unhealthy”, he instructed ANI.Vacationer Kiran Patel, who got here from Gujarat to go to Kashmir, acknowledged that she went to Srinagar, nonetheless, the whole lot was banned following the Pahalgam incident and because of the ongoing tensions between India and Pakistan. Nevertheless, she was happy to return to Patnitop and mentioned that she felt protected.”We’ve come from Gujarat to go to Jammu and Kashmir. Once we left, the state of affairs right here had develop into critical. We went to Srinagar, and the state of affairs there had develop into very critical. We may solely go to Sonamarg, the whole lot else was closed, then we got here to Patnitop and have been staying in a lodge right here for 2 nights. We noticed all of the locations right here and we felt very protected,” she mentioned.