{"id":15264,"date":"2026-03-23T20:08:33","date_gmt":"2026-03-23T20:08:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/kashmirthunder.in\/?p=15264"},"modified":"2026-03-23T20:08:33","modified_gmt":"2026-03-23T20:08:33","slug":"tulip-garden-attracts-over-57000-visitors-in-first-week","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/kashmirthunder.in\/index.php\/2026\/03\/23\/tulip-garden-attracts-over-57000-visitors-in-first-week\/","title":{"rendered":"\u2018Tulip Garden attracts over 57,000 visitors in first week\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"<ul>\n<li><strong>Despite rain disruptions, authorities expect surge<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Foreign tourists begin to trickle in<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Figure based on offline ticket sales<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Srinagar, Mar 23: The Tulip Garden in Srinagar, Asia\u2019s largest, recorded a footfall of around 57,000 visitors in its first week of opening, officials said on Monday.<\/p>\n<p>Assistant Floriculture Officer In-charge Tulip Garden Srinagar, Imran Ahmad, informed the news agency\u2014Kashmir News Observer (KNO) that the figure pertains to offline ticket sales recorded during the initial week.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe footfall in the first week is around 57,000, and this is based on offline ticketing,\u201d he said, adding that the online ticketing data is currently not accessible.<\/p>\n<p>The officer said the online figures will be compiled and made available after the garden closes for the season. \u201cThe online ticketing data can be accessed later and will be available once the garden is closed,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n<p>Ahmad said the visitors include a mix of locals, domestic tourists and foreigners. \u201cThere has been a good mix of locals and tourists. Around 200 to 300 foreign tourists have also visited the garden in the first week,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>He, however, noted that intermittent rainfall during the opening week slightly impacted visitor turnout. Despite this, officials are hopeful of an increase in footfall in the coming days. \u201cWe are expecting more visitors in the coming days,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>Spread over the foothills of the Zabarwan range overlooking Dal Lake, the garden this year showcases around 70\u201375 varieties of tulips, along with other ornamental flowers. Opened annually during the spring season, it remains a key highlight of Jammu and Kashmir\u2019s tourism calendar and attracts thousands of visitors from across India and abroad. (KNO)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Despite rain disruptions, authorities expect surge Foreign tourists begin to trickle in Figure based on offline ticket sales Srinagar, Mar 23: The Tulip Garden in Srinagar, Asia\u2019s largest, recorded a footfall of around 57,000 visitors in its first week of opening, officials said on Monday. Assistant Floriculture Officer In-charge Tulip Garden Srinagar, Imran Ahmad, informed [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":15265,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jnews-multi-image_gallery":[],"jnews_single_post":[],"jnews_primary_category":[],"jnews_social_meta":[],"jnews_override_counter":[],"footnotes":""},"categories":[2,32],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-15264","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-top-news","category-kt-front"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/kashmirthunder.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15264","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/kashmirthunder.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/kashmirthunder.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kashmirthunder.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kashmirthunder.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=15264"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/kashmirthunder.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15264\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":15266,"href":"https:\/\/kashmirthunder.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15264\/revisions\/15266"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kashmirthunder.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/15265"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/kashmirthunder.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=15264"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kashmirthunder.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=15264"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kashmirthunder.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=15264"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}