The tourism department of Kashmir on Saturday said more than 1 lakh tourists visited the Kashmir Valley in the month of February and that they hope the number will increase in coming days.
Talking to reporters on the sidelines of an event, Director Tourism Kashmir, Fazlul Hafeez said the month of February alone recorded more than 1 lakh tourist in the Valley.
He said they are working on several methods and preparing for the upcoming tourist season so that number of tourists in the Valley will increase.
“We are working on scientific methods of calculating tourist numbers, so we collect data from registered and unregistered hotels also,” he said.
