JAMMU, INDIA, November 26, 2002: An already suffering tourism industry in Jammu and Kashmir has been dealt a blow by Sunday’s temple attack that left 13 people dead. In the winter capital, Jammu, frightened tourists scrambled for tickets at the city’s railway station. Many of them had come to offer prayers at the Vaishno Devi shrine, and though some of them wanted to tour other parts of the state after visiting the shrine, they felt it was now too risky. Locals now fear Sunday’s attacks are going to hit the state’s tourism industry which was showing some signs of recovery after both India and Pakistan decided to take steps to reduce tensions along their joint border.
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