Tourism players raise red flag over soaring airfares
Srinagar Mar 27: Tourism players in Kashmir are concerned that a visit to the region has become more expensive for travellers compared to visiting any South Asian country.
If we look at the airfare charts on portals like MakeMyTrip and EaseMyTrip, a ticket from Delhi to Srinagar costs between Rs 15,000 to Rs 17,000, which is typically around Rs 4,000 to Rs 5,000, indicating a 300 percent increase in airfare.
Similarly, the airfare from Gujarat, a significant source of tourists for Kashmir, is around Rs 16,000, and it’s nearly the same…
