PM MODI FOCUSES ON TOURISM TO EXPOSE PAK PROPAGANDA ON J&K

G20 Tourism Working Group meeting in Srinagar will be a significant occasion to highlight the region’s potential as a tourism destination. This will show the falsity of Pakistan’s claim that J&K is disturbed.

While the Indian security agencies are already on the job to deal effectively with terror elements in Jammu and Kashmir, Prime Minister Narendra Modi, currently presiding over G20, is focusing also on “tourism diplomacy” to promote tourism in the Union Territories of Jammu and Kashmir, and Ladakh. Such arrivals will counter Pakistan’s false narrative that “situation in this Himalayan region is far from normal”. The Modi government wants the G20 member countries to motivate and encourage their citizens to choose J&K and Ladakh as their tourism destinations given the scenic riches of Jammu & Kashmir and Ladakh.

Sources told The Sunday Guardian, “While both UTS are already popular as tourist hotspots for Indians, the government is working on a robust and effective plan under ‘tourism diplomacy’ to increase tourist influx from abroad to J&K and Ladakh.” “The idea is to generate more employment opportunities and further improve the economy of the UTS but also counter the agenda of Pakistan to stifle development there,” sources added. India wants the message to go out to the international community that things are all normal in these UTS.

Tourism Working Group being organised in Srinagar next month will be a great opportunity for India to promote tourism diplomacy. The diplomats and other officials are said to have prepared a comprehensive plan to use this conclave for boosting tourism in Jammu and Kashmir, and Ladakh.

“In fact, the G20 Tourism

Working Group meeting in Srinagar will be a significant occasion that will highlight the region’s potential as a tourism destination. And definitely, this will be a strong counter to the negative narrative being pushed by Pakistan,” says an official aware of the preparations for the conclave. “The crowd