Jammu & Kashmir Attractions | India Tours Planner
The Department of Tourism J&K is the main developmental, promotional and
regulatory arm of the J&K Government. Its main role comprises of:· Overall
planning and execution of schemes for the development, up-gradation and
improvement of the tourism infrastructure in different parts of the State.
Support to the private sector industry in the form of incentives for setting up various tourist facilities as well as for promotion and marketing of their products and services.
Promotion and marketing of various tourist destinations and products of the
State.
Regulation of the travel-trade by enforcement of provisions of J&K
Registration of Tourist Trade Act.
The
Department of Tourism has Tourist Offices in all the tourist resorts of the
State. In addition, there are 6 promotional offices outside the State, one each
at New Delhi, Mumbai, Ahmedabad, Hyderabad, Chennai and Kolkata. Also, there is
one provincial Director of Tourism each for Jammu and Kashmir Divisions. The
Department also has Engineering Division under its control for the
implementation and execution of various schemes. For formulating and monitoring
the plan schemes, the Department has a Planning Wing and for overall marketing
and promotion the Department has a Publicity Wing.
For
safeguarding the interests of tourists visiting Jammu and Kashmir, the State
has enacted a special legislation titled the "Jammu and Kashmir Registration of Tourist Trade Act, 1978/1982". Under this act, all the
Tourist Officers posted in different resorts have been vested with special
powers as Prescribed Authorities to register and regulate the tourist trade in
their respective areas of jurisdiction, and to look into complaints from
tourists visiting the State, the Department has an Enforcement Wing headed by a
Superintendent of Police on deputation from the Police Department who is
designated as Deputy Director Tourism (Enforcement). For cases requiring
prosecution, written complaint of a tourist is admissible as evidence even if
he may have left the State.
The
commercial activities in the tourism sector from the Government side are looked
after by a public sector corporation know as the Jammu and Kashmir Tourism Development Corporation (J&K TDC). It operates and manages Government
accommodation in Tourist Centres at Srinagar and Jammu, and the Tourist
Complexes, Hotels, Tourist Bungalows in various resorts. The Corporation also
runs a Travel Division, which organizes package tours to various parts of the
State and also arranges transport facilities for the tourists. Visit
www.jktdc.co.in.
Other
related organizations of the Tourism Department are the Jammu and Kashmir State
Cable Car Corporation (J&K CCC) and the Sher-e-Kashmir International
Convention Centre (SKICC).
The
Cable Car Corporation operates a Gondola Lift at Gulmarg. It
is also planning to set up similar facilities in different tourist resorts of
the State. The Convention Centre has Conference facilities of
International standards.
As
a measure to speed-up infrastructure development in select tourist resorts,
Development Authorities, headed by Chief Ex. Officers have been constituted for
Gulmarg, Pahalgam, Sonamarg, Yousmarg, Dodpathri, Verinag, Kokernag, Leh,
Kargil, Patnitop, Lakhanpur - Sarthal, Aharbal, Wular - Manasbal, Zanskar,
Rajouri, Poonch, Bhaderwah, Kishtwar, and Surinsar - Mansar.
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