The people preparing to visit Jammu and Kashmir after the Pahalgam terror attack are scared. Even those who had booked weeks ago have started canceling tour packages. There is an atmosphere of terror in the country. Every citizen is angry in his heart. During the season, millions of tourists visit Jammu and Kashmir and Srinagar, but everyone keeps fear of terrorist attack. More than 500 packages have been canceled in Lucknow alone in 24 hours.
More than 260 railway and air tickets were also canceled on Thursday. It is feared that more than 10,000 tour packages may be canceled in the coming days. This time the booking of the tour package of Jammu and Kashmir was taking place fast, but the package is being canceled after the attack. Piyush Gupta, president of the Travel and Transport Owners Welfare Association, said that almost all tour packages of next week have been canceled.
More than 500 packages have been canceled from Lucknow. About 3,000 packages have to be canceled from across the state. Last year, about 5,000 tourists from Lucknow and about 50,000 tourists from all over the state came to visit Jammu and Kashmir. In view of the better situation in Kashmir this year, the trend of tourists has increased rapidly. About 10 thousand packages were estimated to be booked from Lucknow and about one lakh package from the entire state, but after the terrorist attack, people have started canceling the tour package.
After April, 360 tour packages were booked from Lucknow for May and June, but 42 packages were canceled in a single day after the terrorist attack. More than 12,000 tickets have been booked in advance for the next three months in trains from Lucknow to Jammu and flights to Srinagar. According to officials associated with railway and airlines, 260 rail and air tickets have been canceled on Wednesday alone after the terrorist attack and the number of cancellations will increase in the coming days.
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