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J&K records highest number of tourists this year

By TBM Staff - Mumbai Friday, 7 October 2022, 10:30 AM 931

Jammu and Kashmir Tourism Department recorded the arrival of highest number of tourists in an annual year since independence. The number of tourists recorded this year is 1.62 crore, official sources said, reports ANI. After three decades, Kashmir is attracting lakhs of tourists and officials say that it is the return of the golden era […]Continue Reading

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Kashmir sees record-breaking 20.5 lakh tourists in 8 months of 2022

By TBM Staff - Mumbai Wednesday, 14 September 2022, 10:30 AM 806

A record-breaking 20.5 lakh tourists, including 3.65 lakh Amarnath yatris, visited Kashmir in the first eight months of this year, drawing visitors from all over the nation to the Valley. After three decades, Kashmir is attracting hordes of tourists, and experts say that the golden era of Kashmir tourism when it was a popular destination […]Continue Reading

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Amarnath Yatra suspended from Jammu due to inclement weather

By Prasenjit Chakraborty Monday, 11 July 2022, 10:25 AM 952

The Amarnath Yatra has been suspended from Jammu due to inclement weather conditions and no fresh batch was allowed to proceed from here to the base camps of the 3,880-metre-high cave shrine in south Kashmir Himalayas, officials said. A flash flood triggered by a cloudburst near the cave shrine on Friday afternoon has led to […]Continue Reading

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After 3-year gap Amarnath Yatra begins, all eyes on Kashmir

By TBM Staff - Mumbai Thursday, 30 June 2022, 7:21 PM 1073

The annual Amarnath Yatra began today as a batch of about 2,750 pilgrims left the Nunwan base camp in the Anantnag district’s Pahalgam for the cave shrine housing the naturally formed ice-lingam in the south Kashmir Himalayas. The journey — most of it on foot — takes about three days with night halts at Sheeshnag […]Continue Reading

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Registration begins for Amarnath Yatra after two years

By TBM Staff - Mumbai Tuesday, 12 April 2022, 3:00 PM 1303

After a gap of two-year following the outbreak of the COVID-19 pandemic, the annual Amarnath Yatra 2022 is all set to resume this year, for which the registration began on Monday, reports ANI Amarnath Yatra will commence on June 30 and conclude on August 11. “The process of ‘Yatri’ registration for Amarnath Yatra began at […]Continue Reading

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Centre cancels Amarnath Yatra for second year in a row

By TBM Staff - Mumbai Monday, 21 June 2021, 6:35 PM 2216

The Amarnath Yatra has been cancelled for the second year in a row amid the COVID-19 pandemic. Earlier, in view of the evolving COVID-19 situation, registration for Amarnath Yatra was temporarily suspended. The Shri Amarnathji Shrine Board had said that the situation is being constantly monitored. The 56-day Amarnath Yatra was due to start simultaneously […]Continue Reading