4.48 crore tourists including 1.20 lakh foreigners visited J&K in past 2 years: J&K Govt

Rs 35. 08 crore spent on promotion of tourism

Jammu: The Jammu & Kashmir Government on Tuesday informed the Legislative Assembly that 4. 48 crore tourists, including 1.20 lakh foreigners, visited J&K during the past two years.

In a written reply to a question MLA Eidgah, Mubarak Gul, as per news agency—Kashmir News Observer (KNO), Minister in-charge Tourism, Omar Abdullah informed the House that 2. 12 crore tourists visited J&K in 2023 and 2.36 crore in 2024.

Of them, 55337 foreign tourists visited J&K in 2023 and 65452 in 2024, the minister said.

He said that 2.11 crore domestic tourists visited J&K in 2023 and 2.35 crore in 2024.

The government disclosed that Rs 35.08 crore have been spent for promotion, advertisement and allied activities by the Department of Tourism during the past two financial years.

Of which Rs 14. 14 crore were spent in 2023-34 and Rs 20.94 crore in 2024-25, the minister said.

He also said that 59 assets of the Tourism Department have been outsourced in the past two years—(KNO)

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