Jammu, Mar 4: Jammu and Kashmir government on Tuesday informed the Legislative Assembly that 4. 48 crore tourists, including 1.20 lakh foreigners, visited J&K during the past two years.
In a written reply to a question MLA Eidgah, Mubarak Gul, Minister in-charge Tourism, Omar Abdullah informed the House that 2. 12 crore tourists visited J&K in 2023 and 2.36 crore in 2024.
He added that 2,11,24,674 tourists visited Jammu and Kashmir in 2023 and 2,35,24,629 in 2024. Of these, 55,337 foreign tourists visited in 2023 and 65,452 in 2024.
Of them, 55337 foreign tourists visited J&K in 2023 and 65452 in 2024, the minister said.
He said that 2.11 crore domestic tourists visited J&K in 2023 and 2.35 crore in 2024.
The government disclosed that Rs 35.08 crore have been spent for promotion, advertisement, and allied activities by the Department of Tourism during the past two financial years.
Of which, Rs 14. 14 crore were spent in 2023-34 and Rs 20.94 crore in 2024-25, the minister said.
He also said that 59 assets of the Tourism Department have been outsourced in the past two years.
Rs 12.54 crore was spent in FY 2023-24 and Rs 22.54 crore in 2024-25, he told the House.