Over one crore tourists, pilgrims Visit j&k in 2009
Amid improvement in the security situation, over one crore tourists and pilgrims visited Jammu and Kashmir in 2009, with the Hindu cave shrines in the state witnessing high footfalls.
Indian tourism fared better than other countries in Asia and the Pacific in 2011 with 6.29 million foreign tourist arrivals, recording a growth of 8.9 per cent over the previous year figures.