{"id":346863,"date":"2023-12-08T01:55:21","date_gmt":"2023-12-08T07:25:21","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/tehelka.com\/?p=346863"},"modified":"2023-12-08T02:18:26","modified_gmt":"2023-12-08T07:48:26","slug":"2-crore-tourists-visited-jammu-and-kashmir-until-november","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/tehelka.com\/2-crore-tourists-visited-jammu-and-kashmir-until-november\/","title":{"rendered":"2 crore tourists visited Jammu and Kashmir until November"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"600\" height=\"450\" src=\"http:\/\/tehelka.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/2-crore-tourists-visited-Jammu-and-Kashmir-until-November.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-346864\" srcset=\"https:\/\/tehelka.com\/media\/2023\/12\/2-crore-tourists-visited-Jammu-and-Kashmir-until-November.jpg 600w, https:\/\/tehelka.com\/media\/2023\/12\/2-crore-tourists-visited-Jammu-and-Kashmir-until-November-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/tehelka.com\/media\/2023\/12\/2-crore-tourists-visited-Jammu-and-Kashmir-until-November-80x60.jpg 80w, https:\/\/tehelka.com\/media\/2023\/12\/2-crore-tourists-visited-Jammu-and-Kashmir-until-November-265x198.jpg 265w, https:\/\/tehelka.com\/media\/2023\/12\/2-crore-tourists-visited-Jammu-and-Kashmir-until-November-560x420.jpg 560w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>For the first time after independence, Jammu and Kashmir has recorded the arrival of two crore tourists up to November this year, Union Tourism Minister G Kishen Reddy said Thursday in parliament.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Replying to a query in the Parliament, Reddy said that for the first time after India\u2019s independence,&nbsp; Jammu and Kashmir has seen two crore tourist arrivals including foreigners up to November this year.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cThe figure is set to go up further by December end,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>He said that there has been 155 percent increase in the overall tourist arrivals in 2023 compared to 2021 and 2022.&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201c85 lakh foreign tourists visited India this year so far,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Union Minister said that Prime Minister Narendear Modi has played a huge role in showcasing India\u2019s tourism potential and tourism Industry.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cPM Modi has been the brand ambassador of India\u2019s tourism industry. In his (PM\u2019s) every foreign visit, Modiji showcased India\u2019s huge tourism potential that attracted lakhs of tourists to India,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>On Wednesday, Union Home Minister Amit Shah, told the Parliament that J&amp;K will surpass 2 crore tourist arrivals this year and the previous record set by BJP will be broken by none other than BJP itself.&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>For the first time after independence, Jammu and Kashmir has recorded the arrival of two crore tourists up to November this year, Union Tourism Minister G Kishen Reddy said Thursday in parliament.&nbsp; Replying to a query in the Parliament, Reddy said that for the first time after India\u2019s independence,&nbsp; Jammu and Kashmir has seen two [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":59,"featured_media":346864,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[36],"tags":[15686,17670],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/tehelka.com\/rest-api\/wp\/v2\/posts\/346863"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/tehelka.com\/rest-api\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/tehelka.com\/rest-api\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tehelka.com\/rest-api\/wp\/v2\/users\/59"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tehelka.com\/rest-api\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=346863"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/tehelka.com\/rest-api\/wp\/v2\/posts\/346863\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":346866,"href":"https:\/\/tehelka.com\/rest-api\/wp\/v2\/posts\/346863\/revisions\/346866"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tehelka.com\/rest-api\/wp\/v2\/media\/346864"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/tehelka.com\/rest-api\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=346863"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tehelka.com\/rest-api\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=346863"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tehelka.com\/rest-api\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=346863"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}