Excelsior Correspondent
JALLANDHAR, June 20: Continuing its publicity campaign to attract tourists from the neighbouring state Punjab, Directorate of Tourism, Jammu today organized an impressive road show at Jallandhar.
The Road show at Jallandhar was part of series of such campaigns organized by the department with a view to promote Patnitop Circuit as an independent tourist destination and to woo tourists from Punjab.
During the road show, Director Tourism, Jammu R.K. Varma led a delegation of tour and travel operators and other stakeholders from Patnitop, Katra, Bhaderwah and Jammu to showcase various destinations of Jammu region in general and Patnitop and its adjoining areas in particular.
Patnitop, a most popular hill resort of Jammu region situated at 2024 meters above sea level is 112 Km from Jammu and 87 Km from Katra. It is perched on a beautiful plateau across which the Jammu-Srinagar Highway passes. It comprises of several meadows and thick forests of Deodar and Kail trees. From here, one can also visit the Dam site of the Baglihar Hydro-Electric project which is about 10 kms from Patnitop. For the facility of tourists at Patnitop, good quality accommodation in hotels, guest houses, J&K Tourism Development Corporation’s luxury huts is available.
Tourists can also visit to Bhaderwah Valley known as mini Kashmir, which is about 100 Kms from Patnitop.
Besides this, places of interest like Shahadra Sharief, Mangla Mata, Mangla Devi, Nangali Sahib, Budha Amarnath, Tata Pani in Poonch and Rajouri Districts are worth seeing.
In Jammu, heritage monuments like Mubarak Mandi, Amar Mahal, Dogra Art Gallery, Bag-e-Bahu, Raghunath temple, Raghunath Heritage Bazaar, Golf Course at Sidhra, Jammu are the places worth seeing.
This was the third road show in the series of road shows planned for major cities of Punjab. Next road show will be held at Amritsar on June 27.
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