The Government of Jammu & Kashmir has announced sops for the tourists visiting Kashmir on the occasion of 3-day Kashmir Saffron Festival scheduled to be held from 29th to 31st October 2013 Visoo, Pampore in Pulwama (Jammu & Kashmir). The Jammu & Kashmir Tourism Development Corporation would provide 50 per cent rebate on lodging and transport charges to the tourists visiting Kashmir. Besides this, private tourism players are also going to give concessions in boarding and lodging on Saffron and Diwali festivals.
The Tourism Department has also made necessary arrangements for bringing tourists from Katra in Jammu to the festival site, while two buses would be kept at the disposal of tour operators for ferrying tourists to Saffron Festival.
Film show depicting the sowing and harvesting process of saffron, medicinal value of saffron, plucking saffron flowers by the tourists, followed by a cultural show would be the main attraction of the festival. The growers will offer special rebate on saffron and will make tourists aware about the benefits and medicinal values of Saffron.
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