Srinagar: thousands of people, mostly tourists from different states, visited the Srinagar Tulip Garden, shortly after the chief minister of Jammu & Kashmir, Omar Abdullah, they opened it on Wednesday.
Located in the foothills of the Zabarwan mountains, the garden this year has 15 Lakh of spring flow bulbs with more than 74 Tulipan varieties. “Tulip Garden in Srinagar is the largest of its kind in Asia,” said a government spokesman.
Using a ferane cap and calebrae of Kashmir, Omar took a long walk through the garden, talking with visitors and asking them about their experience. The opening of the garden is a significant movement, since the early tourist season begins in the Kashmir Valley.
Ghulam Nabi Azad, then J&K main minister, opened the Tulipan garden for the first time, distributed in almost 55 hectares, to the public in 2007, when thousands of bulbs of tulip were imported from the Netherlands to establish the garden. Since then, it has remained an important tourist destination in the Valley.
“As the Tulipan garden opens today, I remember my dream of building it during my mandate as Prime Minister,” Azad said on social networks. “In just a year and a half, with collective efforts, it became a global attraction, promoting the tourism and the economy of J & K,” Azad said.
“I can’t explain in words what I just saw. It’s such a beautiful view,” said a tourist from Maharashtra.
The first day, most visitors had reserved their online tickets.
This year, the Government introduced a reserve system based on online code and QR in several places, including Srinagar airport, hotels and the city’s tourist reception center. Tickets are also available at the garden counter. Last year, 4.5 Lakh of people visited the garden. This year, the government expects the number to be greater.
