The reports coming from the Valley regarding the fall of tourist arrival proved that the gruesome Pahalgam attack on April 22, 2025 was a strategic blow aimed at affecting the region’s most visible peace dividend viz. tourism.

Its reverberations are still being felt across hotels, Shikaras, transport industry and handicraft stalls and thousands of families whose livelihoods hinge on visitors coming and staying safe.

No doubt, the government at the centre has been claiming that it has avenged the ghastly terror attack by success of operation Sindoor but as far as tourism sector in J&K is concerned, reportedly things are still snarling and hopes of the stakeholders are dwindling with passing day as this sector which is one of the mainstays of J&K continues to struggle nearly six months aft

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