The Pahalgam terror attack on April 22 didn’t just kill people. It will cast a long-term shadow on Tourism, one of the contributors to Jammu and Kashmir’s economy. Never before have so many tourists been killed in a single attack in Kashmir’s violent past.

Atul Kulkarni's decision to visit Kashmir was largely spurred by the news that 90 per cent of tourist bookings in the region had been cancelled following the attack.