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White winter raises hope for J&K tourism
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Kashmir witnesses rise in tourist footfall.
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A boatman steers his boat at the partially frozen Dal Lake after a snowfall in Srinagar on January 9, 2021. | Photo Credit:
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Kashmir witnesses rise in tourist footfall.
Unlike most people, six feet of snow and the thermometer at minus 10 degrees Celsius is no cause for worry for Asif Iqbal Burza. The hotelier, who owns the Heaven Resorts in Gulmarg, north Kashmir’s ski capital, is in fact overjoyed.
For the first time in 15 months, Mr. Burza is happy to re-employ staff whom he had to lay off in the wake of the August 5, 2019 move to end J&K’s special status. As did some 1,500 other hotels in the Kashmir Valley.