Hoteliers Club to organise J&K Tourism Conclave in Mumbai on Monday

With an aim to reach out to potential Kashmir visitors, J&K Hoteliers Club in association with the department of tourism department is organising ‘J&K Tourism Conclave’ in Mumbai on Monday.

Around 200 leading travel agents, tour operators,destination management companies, representatives from media houses are participatingin the event, which would be presided by the Advisor to Governor Khurshid AGanai.

   

Secretary tourism Rigzin Samphel, director tourism NisarAhmad Wani are also participating in the conclave who will be interacting withthe travel agents and the media persons and apprise them about the J&K’stourism potential and also safety of the travellers in Kashmir, a spokespersonof the Hoteliers Club said.

Maharashtra Chief Secretary Dinesh Kumar Jain will be one ofthe main guests on the occasion.

Around 20 representatives from hoteliers, travel agents fromKashmir, Jammu, Ladakh headed by the chairman J&K Hotelier’s Club MushtaqChaya will be leaving on Sunday for Mumbai. They will use their influences andcontacts to ramp up tourism promotion campaign, the spokesperson said.

Talking about the purpose of the event, Chaya said thetourist footfall has been very low in the past two months which is a cause ofworry for the travel and hospitality sector of Kashmir.

“J&K is the best choice for tourism but unfortunatelythis state receives the lowest footfall of travellers. We were going goodbefore Pulwama incident which drastically affected tourist flow to Kashmir.There is an impression among travellers that Kashmir is not safe and we need toassure them that everything is fine in Kashmir,” he said.

Chaya said Maharashtra has traditionally been the largestmarket for the J&K especially Kashmir tourism which needs to be revived.

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