Srinagar: A delegation of the Kashmir Chamber of Commerce and Industry (KCCI) met the Minister of Tourism Tasaduq Mufti on Saturday and demanded that the government should sponsor at least week long events outside the state to showcase the state’s tourism, handicrafts and horticulture.
The business community wants the events to take place in Mumbai and Ahmedabad.
“Such events if held are expected to prove advantageous and helpful in alleviating the misgivings borne on the minds of a quite a large section of intending tourists from these regions about visiting Kashmir and motivate them to visit Kashmir. It was explained to the Minister that such a feat on the part of the government would simultaneously help promoting the handicraft and horticulture potential of the State also,” read a statement from the KCCI.
KCCI also requested the Minister to have the funds allocated for executing the work on 5 STPs already sanctioned for 5 hotel clusters of Srinagar.
“The hotels located in the vicinity of Dal Lake stand connected with STPs already functional at different locations in the peripheries of Dal Lake against a monthly prescribed fee,” the statement added.
The delegation also told the Tourism Minister that the recently announced incentives for the tourism ministry should also be also extended to the existing properties/hotel for their renovation, expansion and modernization.
Tasaduq, while assuring that the demands would be given due consideration added that the hoteliers should have a system in place for segregating of solid waste so that the same could be reused to avoid pollution.
