After the Pahalgam attack early this year, the tourist footfall reduced almost to naught. That was a blow to the economic prospect of a sizeable number of people in Kashmir. After months, it is time for the government to recalibrate its response. It is time now, as the winters are approaching, to prepare the turf for sending signals of total safety to the people outside Kashmir.

Kashmir is not just a visitors’ paradise in summer months, as the temperatures in the rest of India soar up too high, and Kashmir is way cooler in those days. Kashmir is a huge potential for winter tourism. We all know that we have some of the best snow slopes for skiing. We all know that people in the warmer regions in India always wish to enjoy snowfall, and spend time when the earth is draped in the white blank

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