{"id":7923,"date":"2025-12-25T18:18:03","date_gmt":"2025-12-25T18:18:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/kashmirthunder.in\/?p=7923"},"modified":"2025-12-25T18:18:03","modified_gmt":"2025-12-25T18:18:03","slug":"post-snowfall-tourism-department-plans-festivities-roadshows-to-boost-footfall","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/kashmirthunder.in\/index.php\/2025\/12\/25\/post-snowfall-tourism-department-plans-festivities-roadshows-to-boost-footfall\/","title":{"rendered":"Post-snowfall, tourism department plans festivities, roadshows to boost footfall"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Srinagar, Dec 25 (KNO):\u00a0<\/strong>As winter settles in following a fresh snowfall, the Jammu and Kashmir Tourism Department announced a series of upcoming promotional events and roadshows to boost tourist arrivals across the Valley.<\/p>\n<p>Joint Director of Tourism, Kashmir, Wasim Raja, said that in collaboration with various stakeholders, the department will organise multiple activities and campaigns to sustain the current tourism momentum.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSince the recent snowfall, we&#8217;ve observed a slight rise in tourist footfall, with hotels experiencing good occupancy. The response has been very encouraging,\u201d Raja told reporters in Srinagar during the Christmas Khewa Fest, a joint celebration hosted by the Tourism Department, JKHARA, and KHBOA.<\/p>\n<p>Raja further said, \u201cOur upcoming months are packed with promotional events and roadshows across the country to maintain this flow and broaden our outreach.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The Joint Director highlighted the importance of festivals such as Christmas, Lohri, and New Year in fostering cultural unity. \u201cThis year, both locals and visitors celebrated Christmas together, reflecting our warmth and shared joy,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>Expressing his commitment, Raja said, \u201cWe are determined to keep the festive spirit alive and will work closely with all partners to ensure a steady influx of tourists through winter, spring, and summer. The media also plays a crucial role in promoting this vibrant spirit.\u201d<strong>\u2014(KNO)<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Srinagar, Dec 25 (KNO):\u00a0As winter settles in following a fresh snowfall, the Jammu and Kashmir Tourism Department announced a series of upcoming promotional events and roadshows to boost tourist arrivals across the Valley. Joint Director of Tourism, Kashmir, Wasim Raja, said that in collaboration with various stakeholders, the department will organise multiple activities and campaigns [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":7924,"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-7923","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\/7923","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=7923"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/kashmirthunder.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7923\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":7925,"href":"https:\/\/kashmirthunder.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7923\/revisions\/7925"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kashmirthunder.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/7924"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/kashmirthunder.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=7923"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kashmirthunder.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=7923"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kashmirthunder.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=7923"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}