Srinagar: Maintaining that the present situation in Jammu and Kashmir was ripe for international visitors and sports, Chief Minister Omar Abdullah on Monday asked tourism authorities abroad to remove apprehensions in people about visiting the state.
"In order to restore the glory of tourism and encourage foreign tourists to visit the state, you have a pivotal role to play," he told Regional Directors of tourism from 21 countries after the tee-off of the second one-day Chief Ministers Golf Championship.
The event is being held at the Royal Spring Golf Course
on the banks of the Dal lake.
Abdullah asked them to effectively disseminate the good
news about the situation prevailing in the state and help
kickstart the tourist inflow from outside the country to the
state.
As many as, 21 Regional Directors from Dubai, China,
France, USA, South Africa, Malaysia, Singapore, Italy, UK,
Germany and Holland are here on a tour of the valley to get
first hand appraisal of the tourism scenario and potential for
visits by foreigners.
Bureau Report
