Kashmir Valley left without source of income as tourism drops due to COVID-19
- 4 years ago
The people in the Kashmir Valley are left with no source of income due to the lack of tourism caused by the coronavirus pandemic.
The video shows the scenery in the Kashmir Valley that used to be full of tourists but since the pandemic struck the world, the region has been left empty.
The resident in the video says: "We are the seventh generation living here, our forefathers came here and settled.
"Since then we have been earning money thanks to tourism but now COVID-19 has put an end to tourism and we are finding it hard to survive with no means of income.
"We used to run a hotel and several other businesses which ran due to tourism, now everything has stopped since the lockdown restrictions have been put in place.
"Apart from that several tourists came for horse rides and no tourists means the business is hampered. It has also come to the point where we could not afford the fodder for the horse as much as we could earlier."
This footage was filmed on May 27.
The video shows the scenery in the Kashmir Valley that used to be full of tourists but since the pandemic struck the world, the region has been left empty.
The resident in the video says: "We are the seventh generation living here, our forefathers came here and settled.
"Since then we have been earning money thanks to tourism but now COVID-19 has put an end to tourism and we are finding it hard to survive with no means of income.
"We used to run a hotel and several other businesses which ran due to tourism, now everything has stopped since the lockdown restrictions have been put in place.
"Apart from that several tourists came for horse rides and no tourists means the business is hampered. It has also come to the point where we could not afford the fodder for the horse as much as we could earlier."
This footage was filmed on May 27.