Vaishnodevi basecamp will soon have a Tourist Post Office. The Department of Post will also be holding a state-level philatelic exhibition at Srinagar from September 26 to 28 and it will be inaugurated by the Governor as per a PTI report.

The Department has also inaugurated a floating post office on Dal lake in Srinagar recently.The floating post office provides four varied functions  post office, post shop, post office museum and mobile collection, and delivery of mails."Tourists get the convenience of sending their letters and parcels through the post office to any place in India and abroad. What is more, they get the packaging materials and pre-paid parcel boxes to make it easy for them," the chief postmaster general said.

He also said this initiative will bring a major turnaround in the revenue generation of the post office. "For the benefit of the tourists this post office sells picture post cards, greeting cards, books on Kashmir, stationeries and local souvenir items, along with the postage stamps," he said. Customers can also call their friends and relatives in India and abroad and send their e-mail through the PCO services at the post office, he said.