Tourism grinds to halt in IIOJK, AJK amid mounting Pakistan-India tensions

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Srinagar, Pir Chinasi: Hotels and house boots in Indian illegally occupied Jammu and Kashmir (IIOJK) have reduced prices by 70 % after tourists abandoned the region in the wake of last month’s deadly attack.

Meanwhile, by Azad Jammu and Kashmir (AJK), authorities have sealed a famous tourist destination near the Line of Control between the growing tensions between Pakistan and India.

Beautiful Himalayan region-famous for snow-covered mountains, sharp streams and historical Mughal Gardens-relies heavily on seismic. But after the geographical political rivalry flashed, those who rely on visitors for their livelihood are suffering from the first.

Two wars were already fought on Kashmir between the soldiers along the De Facto border and a continuous confrontation, which makes itself the focus of a clash between neighbors equipped with nuclear weapons.

But the rapid decline in fighting independence and a ceasefire that intensified tourism for four years, which sent more than 1.5 million holidays to the AJK last year, while about 3 million traveled to IIOJ.

The arrival was described as a major story of success for the Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s government, which in 2019 led to a massive unrest due to the cancellation of IIOJK’s sovereignty.

The attack on April 22 was almost completely booked for hotels, house boats and taxis at the beginning of the summer season, even before the April 22 attack on a April 22 attack on a April 22 attack.

New Delhi has blamed Islamabad for the attack and announced a series of diplomatic and economic measures against the neighbor. Pakistan has clearly denied any role, unveiled the tight for tet measures, and has warned India about a descent military strike.

On the other hand, in Pir Chennai, located 9,500 feet high, roadside restaurants, hotels and guests were rarely occupied after being cautious after being afraid of the Indian strike, though it is not so close to the Line of Control (LOC).

Authorities say the Sapphire Valley, located on the border and is one of the most favorite tourist destinations in Pakistan, is now out of the boundary.

About 37 370 hotels and guesthouses in the valley are now vacant, said Abrar Ahmed Butt, a spokesman for the hotels and guest houses association in the region. Tourists usually kill the site starting in May as the rest of the country rises.

“This season, it is going to hurt,” he said.

The tourism hires about 16,000 people in the region.

For Syed Yasir Ali, who worked in a foreign mission in Islamabad, may be unable to go to the Neelam Valley, he may be a dermyr but he has no fear of visiting Pir Chinasi with his wife and three sons.

“This aspect is safe,” he said. “I’m on the ground, it’s safe.”

But with this fear, Tuck Shop, administered by Masadiq Hussein, has the real economic results.

“The business is completely down,” he said. “We should find peace in the country, so that we can prosper. We want both countries to find peace.”

‘We don’t have guests’

In Srinagar, the central city of IIOJK, taxi driver Tanveer, stops the lost opportunity.

“The roads were full of roads, there was no place to drive in the city before the horrific murder,” he said. “I wait for a passenger all day. Before the attack, I didn’t have time to work more.”

Yasin Toman, who runs for more than 100 years of travel agency and operates several houseboats in Srinagar, said that almost all of his users had canceled the booking and his houseboats were empty.

“Our house boats were filled and we are no longer guests,” Tomon said, sitting on a wooden sofa in a house boot located on a Nigen Lake.

Indian travel booking websites offer heavy exemptions in houseboats and hotels, but Toman said they would not reduce rates because they did not expect tourists to come in large numbers anyway.

“We have to prepare a long lol.”