Two months after deadly terror attack, tourists start trickling into Pahalgam

TOURISTS are gradually returning to picturesque Pahalgam, nearly two months after the terror attack in Baisaran Meadow took the lives of 25 tourists and a local youth.

- FAYAZ WANI @ Srinagar

The footfall is increasing after the Jammu and Kashmir government reopened some tourist destinations that were closed following the April 22 attack. "It was for the first time after April 22 that there was a good rush of tourists in Pahalgam yesterday (Sunday). Many tourist vehicles from different parts of the country came to Pahalgam and moved freely in the tourist destination," said Hilal Ahmed, owner of Shahi Restaurant in Pahalgam.