In the future, we will refrain from taking bookings for Kashmir,’ said Akash Kundu, the owner of Kolkata-based Explore India travel agency

With a large number of trip and ticket cancellations for Kashmir, tourism professionals and officials say the region is now staring at massive losses over the next few months. “There has already been a 25 per cent drop in the 80 per cent of bookings that had been secured.

At least 26 people died and 17 others were injured when suspected militants opened fire at a popular tourist spot in the Pahalgam region of India's Jammu and Kashmir territory this week.