Key Highlights
- Hundreds of locals and domestic tourists flocked to Gulmarg and Pahalgam, where a terror attack earlier this year threw a spanner in the growing tourist footfall.
- The centre of attraction for tourists was the Saint Mary church at Gulmarg in north Kashmir.
- Built in 1902, the well-lit church on a snow-laden highland in the Gulmarg meadow saw visitors experiencing the Christmas celebrations.
- “Gulmarg provides a perfect backdrop for Christmas celebrations.
- Snow, bells tolling and festivities all round,” said Naresh Kumar, a tourist from New Delhi.
