Kokernag witnesses surge in vacationer footfall

Anantnag, Feb 8

The vacationer hotspots within the Kokernag space of south Kashmir’s Anantnag district witnessed a surge in vacationer footfall in January 2024.

In keeping with official knowledge, 21,391 vacationers visited the world from January 1 to January 31.

Of them, 6514 vacationers visited Kokernag whereas 14,877 visited Daksum and Sinthan High.

The official knowledge means that 744 native, 5769 home, and a overseas vacationer visited Kokernag throughout this era.

Equally, 13,328 home, 1519 native, and 30 overseas vacationers visited Sinthan High and Dakusm.

Positioned at an elevation of 12,414 ft, Sinthan High, the mountain go connecting Anantnag with Kishtwar in Chanab Valley emerged as one of many coveted vacationer locations in January.

As the complete Kashmir remained within the grip of a protracted dry spell throughout the complete Chilai Kalan, the 40-day coldest winter interval from December 21 to January 19, the world skilled just a few spells of snow in late December and January.

Speaking to Better Kashmir, Tehsildar Larnoo Syed Muiz Qadri stated, “The snow attracted a whole bunch of vacationers to Sinthan High, Kokernag, and Daksum throughout December.”

He stated that the district administration put all doable preparations in place for the vacationers.

“The administration put in rest room services in any respect the three vacationer locations and escorted vacationers to snow-clad sports activities to make sure their security,” he stated.

Qadri stated that the assistance desks and kiosks for sustaining the document of vacationer arrivals had been put in at Daksum.

“The roads weren’t allowed to be clogged up with snow and well timed snow clearance was prioritised’ he stated.

Qadri stated that they had been anticipating extra vacationers within the coming days.