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Reopening of closed tourist destinations in Kashmir will be taken up with HM: Omar
State Times
|September 19, 2025
GULMARG: Chief Minister Omar Abdullah on Thursday assured tourism stakeholders and players that he will take up their concerns with the Union Home Minister Amit Shah and request for opening up of several closed tourist destinations in Kashmir.
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The Chief Minister said this while addressing the 17th Annual General Meeting (AGM) of the Travel Agents Association of Kashmir (TAAK) at the Gulmarg Convention Centre.
This story is from the September 19, 2025 edition of State Times.
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