Indian administered Kashmir is as safe as any country of Europe and Spain and other EU countries should lift travel advisories on the region, Indian Kashmir’s tourism minister has said.

Srinagar, Feb 2/Nationalturk – The tourism minister of Indian administered Kashmir has said the region is safe as any country of Europe and asked Spain and other EU countries to lift travel advisories on Kashmir.

“Kashmir is as safe as Spain or for that matter any other country in Europe,” said Indian administered Kashmir’s tourism minister Ghulam Ahmad Mir, who is presently on a tour to Spain as part of a tourism promotional campaign.

He said during his discussions with the Spanish, he told them that Germany and UK have already lifted its travel advisory against Kashmir following which a large number of foreign tourists have visited the region.

“Spain should also follow the suit and lift travel advisories for Kashmir. Lifting of the negative travel advisory by Spain shall also attract tourists from Commonwealth countries like Australia, Newzealand and Canada to Kashmir,” he said.

The Minister during his meetings and interactions, he has received positive response from the Spanish functionaries. “I am hopeful that Spain would also lift the negative travel advisory and allow its citizens to visit and avail holidays in mesmerizing tourist destination of Kashmir”.

Spain known for romantic flavour, Kashmir is destination for romance

“Spain is known for its romantic flavor and Kashmir is the destination for romance. We offer a beautiful blend of natural beauty and hospitality. Kashmir has lots of adventure activities in winter whereas Gulmarg is one of the key destinations offering Skiing, Heli-skiing, Gondola and many more. Similarly for spring, we are blessed with flowers and one of the major attractions is the Tulip garden in spring at Srinagar,” Mir said.

He said Spain is culturally a rich country and so is Indian administered Kashmir. “Kashmir is culturally and spiritually a very rich place as it has a blend of different cultures”.

The minister expressed the hope that record number of foreign tourists would visit Indian Kashmir this year.

It is pertinent to mention here that due to considerably drop in militant violence, tourists are thronging to Indian Kashmir and record number of tourists including foreigners visited the region last year. The Bollywood filmmakers and actors have also returned to the region and shooting a part of their films in the picturesque Kashmir.

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Faiz Ahmad / NationalTurk India News