(29 Apr 2025)
RESTRICTION SUMMRY:
ASSOCIATED PRESS
Srinagar, Indian-controlled Kashmir – 29 April 2025
1. Various of tourists walking out of Mughal garden
2. SOUNDBITE (English) Tawqeer Shah, travel agent:
"We were completely sold out till the month of June, I would say. But because of this, recent incident which happened in Pahalgam, we face a hundred percent cancellation. Our next tour is in the month of September. So, you can get an idea of how it has affected the local travel agents and the entire tourism industry regarding this incident."
3. Various of Tawqeer Shah showing cancellations on his cellphone
4. Various of shut tourist park, one of the locations restricted for the tourists
5. SOUNDBITE (English) Adnan Ansari, tourist:
"We are visiting this place for the first time. But, this is a very nice, very good, place for the outing, for the picnics. We are a family of eighteen people and we are enjoying very much"
6. Various of Kashmir’s Grand Mosque, one of the locations restricted for tourists
7. SOUNDBITE (English) Tawqeer Shah, travel agent:
"Basically, the closure of these destinations, yeah, it has been done due to the security reasons, whatever the decision the government has taken, it will be for the betterment of the people who will be traveling here, considering the locals as well. But, in the meantime, we have to look for the alternatives as well. Because this will lead to more cancellations in future."
8. Various of Dal Lake
STORYLINE:
Authorities in Indian-controlled Kashmir have temporarily shuttered more than half of the tourist resorts in the scenic Himalayan region after last week’s deadly attack on tourists raised tensions between India and Pakistan and led to an intensifying security crackdown.
At least two police officers and three administrative officials, who spoke on condition of anonymity in keeping with departmental policy, said Tuesday that the decision to shut 48 of the 87 government-authorized resorts was a precautionary safety measure.
They did not specify for how long these places would be out of bounds for visitors.
The decision comes a week after gunmen killed 26 people, most of them Indian tourists, near the resort town of Pahalgam.
The massacre set off tit-for-tat diplomatic measures between India and Pakistan that included cancellation of visas and a recall of diplomats.
New Delhi also suspended a crucial water sharing treaty with Islamabad and ordered its border shut with Pakistan.
In response, Pakistan has closed its airspace to Indian airlines.
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