Why are tourists staying away from Leh-Ladakh this season?
Live MintTourism in Leh is going through a rough phase as tourist footfall has declined by over 50 per cent this year due to a host of reasons like Lok Sabha elections, curtailed flight services and late opening of Leh-Manali road, according to hotel industry players. Jammu and Kashmir's Leh district is among one of the favourite destinations for foreign tourists as nearly 50,000 people from abroad visited the land of high passes last year, tourism officials had said. There is nearly 50 per cent fall in tourist footfall in these months as compared to last year during the same period," hotelier Amrit Badam said. Amrit, whose company runs hotel and liquor business in Ladakh for the last three decades, blames much delayed opening of Leh-Manali road, security-related concerns in Kashmir, lower flight operations coupled with Lok Sabha elections for the drastic fall in the tourist footfall in Ladakh this year.
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J-K: Kashmir bracing to welcome more tourists this winter season
Hindustan Times)
Leh tourism drops by 50% in 2019; industry experts cite Lok Sabha polls, curtailed flight services, late highway openings as reasons
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