{"id":7424,"date":"2025-12-19T17:51:59","date_gmt":"2025-12-19T17:51:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/kashmirthunder.in\/?p=7424"},"modified":"2025-12-19T17:51:59","modified_gmt":"2025-12-19T17:51:59","slug":"kashmir-safe-normal-atoai-prez","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/kashmirthunder.in\/index.php\/2025\/12\/19\/kashmir-safe-normal-atoai-prez\/","title":{"rendered":"Kashmir safe, normal: ATOAI Prez"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Urges tourists to rediscover J&amp;K<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Srinagar, Dec 19:\u00a0<\/strong>Appreciating security forces and locals for restoring confidence and normalcy in Jammu and Kashmir, President of Adventure Tour Operators Association of India (ATOAI) Ajeet Bajaj on Friday urged tourists to rediscover the region.<\/p>\n<p>Addressing a news conference here after ATOAI\u2019s 17th annual convention, Bajaj said the perception of insecurity about Kashmir must change. \u201cEverything is normal here and we have seen it for ourselves,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis is the jewel in the crown of India\u2019s tourism sector. We are proud of our men and women in uniform who have ensured peace and security and we want to get more tourists back to Jammu and Kashmir at the earliest,\u201d Bajaj said.<\/p>\n<p>He said that the sense of normalcy now visible across the Valley must translate into tourism revival. \u201cOur members returned deeply impressed by the peace and positivity they witnessed,\u201d he\u00a0 added.<\/p>\n<p>Another senior ATOAI delegate, who has been visiting Kashmir for over three decades, said, \u201cI have travelled here for 35 years and never felt safer anywhere else. The hospitality and warmth are unmatched,\u201d he said, adding that 2026 \u201cwill be a great year for Kashmir tourism.\u201d<strong>\u2014(KNO)<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Urges tourists to rediscover J&amp;K Srinagar, Dec 19:\u00a0Appreciating security forces and locals for restoring confidence and normalcy in Jammu and Kashmir, President of Adventure Tour Operators Association of India (ATOAI) Ajeet Bajaj on Friday urged tourists to rediscover the region. Addressing a news conference here after ATOAI\u2019s 17th annual convention, Bajaj said the perception of [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":7425,"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-7424","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\/7424","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=7424"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/kashmirthunder.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7424\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":7426,"href":"https:\/\/kashmirthunder.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7424\/revisions\/7426"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kashmirthunder.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/7425"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/kashmirthunder.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=7424"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kashmirthunder.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=7424"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kashmirthunder.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=7424"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}