{"id":7185,"date":"2025-12-17T18:09:31","date_gmt":"2025-12-17T18:09:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/kashmirthunder.in\/?p=7185"},"modified":"2025-12-17T18:09:31","modified_gmt":"2025-12-17T18:09:31","slug":"atoai-convention-a-milestone-for-jk-adventure-tourism-director","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/kashmirthunder.in\/index.php\/2025\/12\/17\/atoai-convention-a-milestone-for-jk-adventure-tourism-director\/","title":{"rendered":"ATOAI convention a \u2018milestone\u2019 for J&#038;K adventure tourism: Director"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong><em>Hails CM Omar\u2019s \u2018continuous support\u2019<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Srinagar, Dec 17:\u00a0<\/strong>Director Tourism Kashmir, Syed Qamar Sajad on Wednesday described the 17th Annual Convention of the Adventure Tour Operators Association of India (ATOAI) as a \u2018key milestone for the revival and growth\u2019 of adventure tourism in Jammu and Kashmir.<\/p>\n<p>Addressing the inaugural session at the Sher-I-Kashmir International Convention Centre (SKICC), the Director, said events like this play a pivotal role in strengthening tourism infrastructure, promoting sustainability and boosting local economies.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis three-day convention is not just a gathering; it is a platform that will catalyse adventure tourism in the Union Territory,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>Sajad praised Chief Minister Omar Abdullah for his continuous support and dedication to tourism, calling him the \u201cgrand ambassador of J&amp;K tourism\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>He welcomed key dignitaries and highlighted their role in fostering collaboration between government and industry.<\/p>\n<p>The Director said that Jammu and Kashmir\u2019s adventure tourism potential spans trekking, skiing, paragliding, rafting and mountaineering and that structured initiatives, skill development and safety frameworks are essential for sustainable growth. \u201cThis convention signals renewed confidence and commitment to ensuring that tourism in J&amp;K thrives responsibly and inclusively,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>Such initiatives, he said, are vital to creating employment opportunities, dispersing visitors to remote areas and ensuring the Union Territory\u2019s adventure offerings remain globally competitive<strong>\u2014(KNO)<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Hails CM Omar\u2019s \u2018continuous support\u2019 Srinagar, Dec 17:\u00a0Director Tourism Kashmir, Syed Qamar Sajad on Wednesday described the 17th Annual Convention of the Adventure Tour Operators Association of India (ATOAI) as a \u2018key milestone for the revival and growth\u2019 of adventure tourism in Jammu and Kashmir. Addressing the inaugural session at the Sher-I-Kashmir International Convention Centre [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":7186,"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":[27],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-7185","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-latest-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/kashmirthunder.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7185","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=7185"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/kashmirthunder.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7185\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":7187,"href":"https:\/\/kashmirthunder.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7185\/revisions\/7187"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kashmirthunder.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/7186"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/kashmirthunder.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=7185"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kashmirthunder.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=7185"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kashmirthunder.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=7185"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}