India Ground Report: Asia's largest tulip garden in Kashmir with 13 lakh flowers but no visitor

The Tulip Garden in Kashmir that has over 13 lakh flowers this year is one of the main attractions for the tourists in Kashmir. But this season, it has been closed due to the coronavirus pandemic outbreak in the country. The closure of the Garden caused a loss of about Rs 100 crore to the tourism industry. This year, the flowers were increased by over one lakh compared to 2019.

Situated on the banks of Srinagar's famous Dal Lake, the maintenance of the tulip garden and to bring tulip bulbs to grow costs about Rs 60 lakhs. The garden's authority had planned to keep it open for 40 days so that at least 4 lakh people including locals and tourists would come to see the garden.

The Tulip flowers in Asia's largest Tulip garden increases the beauty of the Kashmir valley, but at a time when Asia's largest tulip garden in Kashmir was ready to attract millions of people with its beauty, the COVID-19 faded the color of these flowers.

Tourists visiting Tulip Garden do not only see the garden but also the houseboats, shikara ones, tour operators, cab drivers, hoteliers and many other areas near the Tulip Gardens.

This year, the department decorated the garden on the "Cherry Garden Theme" on the lines of Japan to make the garden more attractive. Out of the 13 lakh flowers, there were over 55 different varieties of the Tulip, four more varieties than the last year.