Valley taps Delhi weddings, offers honeymoon package

In the season of marriages, the Valley is being embellished to welcome the honeymooners from across the country. The J-K Tourism Development...

In the season of marriages, the Valley is being embellished to welcome the honeymooners from across the country. The J-K Tourism Development Corporation has announced a lucrative package for newly- weds coming to Kashmir.

‘‘As 30,000 marriages took place in Delhi over last few days, we decided to tap this,’’ Abdul Aziz Wani, the Managing Director of the JKTDC told Express. ‘‘And that is why we have announced two honeymoon-special packages (for Rs 6,999 and Rs 7,999 per person, for five nights and six days).’’ It includes stay at Srinagar or Jammu and visits to Gulmarg and Pahalgam. They will also be provided a stay at the houseboats in the Dal Lake. ‘‘The honeymooners can enjoy a stay in the traditional houseboats in the Dal Lake,’’ a JKTDC official said.

‘‘We have provided 50 per cent discount to the newly weds,’’ said Shamim Ahmed Wani deputy General Manger travel division and operations of JKTDC.

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The package will end on December 7. The package includes a visit to the Mughal gardens in Srinagar — the Nishat Bagh, Shalimar Bagh, Chashmashahi and Harwan Garden.

JKTDC officials have, in fact, received many enquires about the package. ‘‘Last year over hundred couples turned up. This year we expect at least that many newly-weds,’’ he said.

Quiet a few are already here. ‘‘Snow peaks, dense forests and the lakes, it appears, are waiting for people who are starting their married lives,’’ said Mukesh Kumar Jha, a resident of Noida who has just got married. Suha, his wife, can’t wait to walk at the Dal Lake boulevard.

The package

• Rs 6,999 and Rs 7,999 per person, for five nights and six days

• Will end on December 7.

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• Includes visit to the Mughal gardens in Srinagar — the Nishat Bagh, Shalimar Bagh, Chashmashahi and Harwan Garden

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