Written by Fiat Buchari and Crishna N. Tread
Serenag (Reuters) – Pictures and videos of gunshots flowing into Marg, blood stained bodies on the ground, and people fleeing through a dry river bed destroyed the appearance of Kashmir as a new tourism in India.
The beautiful mountains, valleys, and major gardens dating back to the Mongol era have registered, tourist tourist reaching from five years of relative safety. Supporters of Prime Minister Narendra Modi have described the tourist boom as among his distinguished accomplishments.
But the Tuesday attack by the suspected militants who killed at least 26 tourists and the wounded of many in the scenic landscape area in Kashmir, known for its glowing peaks in the Himalayas and the rapid streams flowing, left tourists looking for an early outlet at the beginning of the busy summer season.
Moody, who was stripping them of the Muslim Kashmir Muslim rule in 2019 after decades of anti -India’s violence, led to widespread protests, and the Minister of Finance cut separate foreign trips after justice.
He took a meeting for the great laboratories at the same airport upon return. Kashmir is divided between India and Pakistan, who are completely called it, and has been afflicted for years of rebellious violence.
Local residents have called for a one -day protest against the bloodiest attack in Kashmir for decades, tourist operators report a huge cancellation, and airlines manage additional return flights from the main city of Serenagar in Kashmir.
Tourism is the backbone of the Wadi Kashmir economy, and it has been highly promoted by the government and Indian airlines.
Government data were received after it turned at the highest level of more than 3 million last year, from less than 831,000 in 2018, and the tenth middle class in India was surprised by the post -drawing travel.
But some Kashmir militants mocked the flow as a cultural invasion by visitors from the rest of Hindu Hindu.
“We have a history of hospitality, but some cowardly terrorists want to destroy everything.”
“After a long time, the people participating in tourism have begun to restart their lives. They started a dream. They are not wrong, these terrorist attacks are once again aimed at annoying us economically.”
A well -known militant group, “Kashmir Resistance”, has claimed responsibility for the attack in the social media message. She said that more than 85,000 “strangers” had settled in the area after arriving as tourists, pledging violence against these settlers. However, civil losses have decreased significantly in the past two decades, as data appears.
Tourist operators, taxi drivers and other people participating in the industry condemned the attack and included lost business at the beginning of the summer rush. The attack is also a major blow to Moody’s attempts to attract foreign investment to the area.
When desperate tourists tried to escape from Kashmir, airline tickets rose shortly before the government met the airlines operators and “issued a strong consultant against the rates of increase.”
The Ministry of Civil Aviation said in a consultant for all airlines: “In the aftermath of the accident in Bahajam, there is an unexpected request from tourists who seek to return to their homes.” “Airlines are advised to take quick measures to increase the number of flights.”
A senior travel agent in Kashmir said, provided that his identity was not disclosed that they had to cancel about 90 % of reservations for the next three months.
Shaker Ahmed, director of the Tourist Taxi Federation in Bahjam, said that all of its thirty cars were sitting in lethargy while people fled in the morning.
“The streets suddenly empty,” he said. “Summer is like wedding celebrations for us, but this year, we will not face anything. We are not without tourists.”
A tunnel opened in January that connects a hot point of snow in Kashmir with some other tourist sites. Moody said that the federal lands of Jamo and Kashmir were taking advantage of the infrastructure and other works in recent years.
“Leave behind the previous difficult days, our Kashmir now regains his identity as a paradise on Earth,” he said.
On Tuesday, during his visit to Saudi Arabia, he wrote on X: “Those who are behind this heinous act will be presented to justice … they will not be avoided!”
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