boat owners don t have any customers since india put the state of jammu and kashmir under its direct control then they closed the region to tourism glamorous school has a little floating hotel his is one of about 900 house boats on the 4 lakes of srinagar job. tourists were all forced to leave kashmir and now they re not coming back that s our problem. is that who knew because it was. the floating hotels are usually booked on an online platform but that s not possible now mo bio and internet services are disconnected many families have lost their entire income vincent shearer and lisa martin heard about it back home in ireland they decided to help the people in kashmir by renting a house boat for their holiday. we decided to come because we felt that it was
have lost their entire income vincent shearer and lisa martin heard about it back home in ireland they decided to help the people in kashmir by renting a house boat for their holiday. we decided to come because we felt that it was important to support a region that was under a lot of pressure and. it has really suffered an awful lot with tourists not coming in the nearby mountains these indian tourists are enjoying the breathtaking view during the ride to the peak but they re the only ones here. there are 78 hotels in the village and all of them have been empty for the past few months and of course there s no internet or cellular services here either. would ahmed abbassi is the hotel s manager the only thing he can do at the moment is guard the hotel.