Over 5,000 tourists from K'taka cancel trip to J&K

IMPACTED by the Pahalgam terror attack, many tourists from Karnataka have cancelled their travel bookings to Jammu and Kashmir.

- BOSKY KHANNA @Bengaluru

According to preliminary information collated by the Karnataka Tourism Society (KTS), over 5,000 tourists who had planned to go to Jammu and Kashmir through tour operators have cancelled their bookings and do not mind losing money. "The number of people who have booked and cancelled through organised operators is big, but those who have done so through unorganised operators is even larger. The attack has ended this tourism season and the future of tourism industry will be known only when the next season starts from October," said KTS Secretary S Mahalingaiah.