Express News Service
SRI NAGAR: In order to woo vacationers to the long-lasting houseboats on world well-known Dal Lake and Nageen Lake in Srinagar, a two-day houseboat pageant is being held from Wednesday. Director Tourism Kashmir Fazlul Haseeb instructed this newspaper that the two-day pageant could be inaugurated by J&Ok Lt Governor Manoj Sinha.
There are about 950 houseboats in Dal and Nageen lakes and hundreds of households are depending on it for his or her livelihood. The houseboats are a serious attraction of vacationers within the picturesque Kashmir. The guests to the two-day pageant will likely be apprised concerning the historical past of houseboats and the celebrities who’ve stayed in them.
The main sights of the pageant will likely be an artwork exhibition and a photograph wall on the historical past and historic elements of houseboats. Other sights embrace water display screen tasks with laser present, illuminated shikara carnival, shikara rides, meals courtroom amongst others.
Besides, stay musical concert events and band performances by native artists and conventional people performances would even be held. A file variety of over two million vacationers visited Kashmir this yr to this point and the houseboats in Dal Lake and Nageen Lake witnessed 80-90 per cent occupancy this yr.
However, with the onset of winter and chilly climate situations, the occupancy has dropped within the houseboats. Kashmir House Boat Owners Association chairman G R Siah stated that at current the houseboats have 20-30 per cent occupancy. Director Tourism stated by the Houseboat Festival, they wish to ship a message to the vacationers that Kashmir is actually heat in winters as effectively. The houseboat house owners stated had the pageant been organized in October, it could have been extra fruitful.
SRI NAGAR: In order to woo vacationers to the long-lasting houseboats on world well-known Dal Lake and Nageen Lake in Srinagar, a two-day houseboat pageant is being held from Wednesday. Director Tourism Kashmir Fazlul Haseeb instructed this newspaper that the two-day pageant could be inaugurated by J&Ok Lt Governor Manoj Sinha.
There are about 950 houseboats in Dal and Nageen lakes and hundreds of households are depending on it for his or her livelihood. The houseboats are a serious attraction of vacationers within the picturesque Kashmir. The guests to the two-day pageant will likely be apprised concerning the historical past of houseboats and the celebrities who’ve stayed in them.
The main sights of the pageant will likely be an artwork exhibition and a photograph wall on the historical past and historic elements of houseboats. Other sights embrace water display screen tasks with laser present, illuminated shikara carnival, shikara rides, meals courtroom amongst others.
Besides, stay musical concert events and band performances by native artists and conventional people performances would even be held. A file variety of over two million vacationers visited Kashmir this yr to this point and the houseboats in Dal Lake and Nageen Lake witnessed 80-90 per cent occupancy this yr.
However, with the onset of winter and chilly climate situations, the occupancy has dropped within the houseboats. Kashmir House Boat Owners Association chairman G R Siah stated that at current the houseboats have 20-30 per cent occupancy. Director Tourism stated by the Houseboat Festival, they wish to ship a message to the vacationers that Kashmir is actually heat in winters as effectively. The houseboat house owners stated had the pageant been organized in October, it could have been extra fruitful.