Tourists seem undeterred by the prevalent chill in Kashmir, as they are thronging the Valley in large numbers during the off-season.

An unprecedented rush in tourist arrivals was witnessed in the Valley in September and October, which are usually considered off-season for tourism in Kashmir, Deputy Director of Tourism (Publicity) Azmat Ali told PTI. "As many as 64,000 tourists visited Kashmir in the month of September and 69,000 in October," Ali said.

And it is not just domestic tourists, but foreigners as well who are visiting the Valley though in lesser, but significant numbers. Ali put the number of foreign tourists visiting the Valley in September at 2,950 and in October at 2,864. "The number of foreign tourists is less, but we expect the number to pick up in the coming months as, during winter season, more and more foreigners visit the Valley for adventure tourism," he said. On an average, he said, 2,100 tourists were visiting Kashmir daily. He said this year, around 11,65,000 tourists visited the Valley, 31,461 of them being foreigners.

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