J-K: Tourist influx to Gulmarg surges ahead of G-20 meet

Gulmarg:

Tourists are coming in droves to Gulmarg in Baramulla district ahead of the G-20 summit in the valley, with the famous ski-resort witnessing more than 2.5 lakh visitors in the last two months alone.

In the first four months of the year, Gulmarg has received 4,43,847 visitors – 4,218 foreigners, 72,426 locals, and 3,67,203 domestic.

The town has gone under an elaborate sprucing up ahead of a three-day Tourism Working Group meeting of the G-20 countries scheduled to take place in the valley from May 22.