The Jammu and Kashmir Tourism department inaugurated the spring festival at Zabarwan park on Monday. The park is situated on the shores of Dal Lake. The Secretary Tourism, Sarmad Hafeez inaugurated the spring festival. The centre on the eve of spring festival will be open for tourists from March 21 to April 15 displaying the exotic fruit plants of Jammu and Kashmir.
Tourism department inaugurated the spring festival at Zabarwan park today.Tourists enjoyed folk music,sipping a variety of Kashmiri teas and tasting local breads.#DekhoApnaDesh @diprjk @OfficeOfLGJandK @tourismgoi @incredibleindia @nitishwarKumar @SarmadHafeez3 @DrGnitoo pic.twitter.com/Hngd7Vif2F
— Jammu & Kashmir Tourism (@JandKTourism) March 21, 2022
The interesting fascination about the celebration was the various types of breads and customary pastry shops that are popular all over Kashmir. Travelers from outside Jammu and Kashmir were seen becoming increasingly more curious about the baking system of these breads and what made them so exceptional to Kashmir. The Kashmir Observer announced that Sarmad expressed that the possibility of the celebration was to commend the appearance of spring and elevate the travel industry to support the area in Kashmir.
In addition to all this, shikaras were seen illuminated in Dal Lake in the evening that made the entire festival significantly more attractive.
Horticulture tourism is also being promoted in the union territory as the Divisional Commissioner of Kashmir, Pandurang K Pole inaugurated the Spring Blossom Festival at Centre of Excellence at Zawoora, Srinagar.
Dr. Hina Shafi who is the Vice Chairperson of Khadi Village Industries Board, Jammu and Kashmir also made an appearance at the event.
Participated in the inaugural function of the Spring Blossom Festival organized by the Directorate of Horticulture Kashmir at the Centre of Excellence, Zawoora, Srinagar. pic.twitter.com/LSxg6Awr0d
— Dr Hina Shafi Bhat(Modi ka Parivar) (@drhinabhat) March 21, 2022
The Director General of Horticulture Kashmir, Ajaz Ahmad Bhat addressed the crowd with a brief about the festival and stated the goal of organising the event was to grab the attention of visitors toward Horticulture tourism in addition to the already famous tourist attractions. He said that Horti-tourism is a first of its kind approach in Jammu and Kashmir for strengthening farmers’ economy. He said that the aim of the festival is to introduce a world class variety of plants to the farmers in order to increase production and income.
A glimpse of Horticulture Spring Blossom celebration#Horticulture_Spring_Festival
@AjazAhmadKas @diprjk @DivisionalComm1@drhinabhat pic.twitter.com/4f9TVK5Fey— Kashmir Horticulture (@HortiKashmir) March 21, 2022