Director Tourism Kashmir, Tasaduq Jeelani interacted with a group of Canadian tourists who are holidaying in Kashmir.
While sharing their memorable experiences with Director Tourism, the travellers were all praise for local hospitality and beauty of Kashmir, a spokesperson of the tourism department said.
Director tourism apprised the group about the Kashmir tourism products and urged them to promote J&K as the safe tourist destination among their countrymen.
Neil Ritchie, one of the group members, said they were apprehensive first about visiting Kashmir but after completing their sightseeing at different tourist locations, they found Kashmir absolutely safe.
She said Kashmir is more beautiful than they had imagined.
“We had heard about Kashmir’s beauty but were apprehensive about visiting this place. We finally made up our mind and started tour. We ended our tour today and we are completely satisfied that Kashmir is safe especially for female travellers,” she said.
Another group member Linna Kennedy also echoed similar views.
She said they came from Canada specially to visit Kashmir.
The tour was organized by Canada based travel agency Explore India Journeys and was facilitated here by Centre Tours and Travels (CTT).