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COVER STORY | Jammu-Kashmir and Ladakh

The valley is not just beautiful, it
Safe Jammu and Kashmir is also Safe

Incidents of organized Tourism
Incidents of stone pelting
strike and shutdown Tourism has been given the status of an
April 2023 0 (100% reduction) April 2023 0 (100% reduction) industry to attract investment.

2018 1,328 2018 52 n Tourism and film policy has been
implemented.

Cases of ceasefire violation Number of terrorist incidents Tourists reached Jammu and Kashmir
65,000
(Tourists in crores)
2024 4 (99.8% reduction) 2024 27 (88% reduction) foreign
2024 2.36 tourists
2018 390 2018 228
2023 2.11 were
included
Number of security Civilians killed in terrorist n In the year 2024, 5.12 lakh Amarnath
personnel martyred incidents and encounters
and 95.22 lakh devotees visited Shri
Mata Vaishno Devi.
2024 31 (66% reduction) 2024 26 (53% reduction)
beds are available
2018 91 2018 55
14,488 across 1,989
registered home stays

n 75 off-beat destinations and 75 new
adventure circuits have been opened
in unexplored areas, 75 heritage sites
and 75 new pilgrim/Sufi circuits have
been identified.
n For the first time, an international
marathon was organized in Srinagar in
October 2024 in which 12 countries
participated.

ups in Kashmir, opportunities are being created for built in Jammu and Kashmir. Skills are also being
everyone. Today, Jammu and Kashmir is becoming a honed at the local level in the tourism and hospitality
big hub of start-ups, skill development, and sports. sector. Be it online courses for tourist guides or the
About 70 start-ups have been formed here in the establishment of youth tourism clubs in schools-col-
agriculture-related sector. More than 50 degree col- leges-universities, all these works are being done on
leges have been built here in the last few years. Due a large scale in Kashmir today.
to an increase in seats in the polytechnic, the youth
here have an opportunity to learn new skills. Today, JAMMU-KASHMIR-LADAKH IS BECOMING
IIT, AIIMS, and many new medical colleges have been A CENTER OF ATTRACTION

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