New Delhi/Srinagar: Average air fares to and from Srinagar have increased by 20-25 per cent after the Jammu and Kashmir administration on Friday curtailed the Amarnath Yatra and issued an advisory asking pilgrims and tourists leave the valley "as soon as possible".
Accordingly, month-on-month figures show an average increase of 20-25 per cent increase in fares.
Since Friday, the prices have also increased for spot bookings.
The one-way Srinagar-Delhi flight that otherwise costs between Rs3,000-5,000, has shot up to Rs37,915 for Vistara Airlines Saturday's 12.40 pm Srinagar to Delhi flight via Jammu on goibibo.com.
On other booking sites such as Cleartrip, Yatra, MakeMyTrip Srinagar-Delhi flights for August 3 are priced between Rs15,000 and Rs20,000.
"Average airfares for flights to and from Srinagar have also increased by 20-25 per cent," Rajnish Kumar, Co-founder, ixigo.
"We anticipate the current unrest will lead to a further decrease in travel bookings over the coming weeks," he added.
Sharat Dhall, COO (B2C), Yatra.com told IANS: "Air fares from Srinagar have gone up due to the sudden rush of tourists to cut short their plans and get out of Srinagar."
03/09/19 IANS/Gulf News
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Accordingly, month-on-month figures show an average increase of 20-25 per cent increase in fares.
Since Friday, the prices have also increased for spot bookings.
The one-way Srinagar-Delhi flight that otherwise costs between Rs3,000-5,000, has shot up to Rs37,915 for Vistara Airlines Saturday's 12.40 pm Srinagar to Delhi flight via Jammu on goibibo.com.
On other booking sites such as Cleartrip, Yatra, MakeMyTrip Srinagar-Delhi flights for August 3 are priced between Rs15,000 and Rs20,000.
"Average airfares for flights to and from Srinagar have also increased by 20-25 per cent," Rajnish Kumar, Co-founder, ixigo.
"We anticipate the current unrest will lead to a further decrease in travel bookings over the coming weeks," he added.
Sharat Dhall, COO (B2C), Yatra.com told IANS: "Air fares from Srinagar have gone up due to the sudden rush of tourists to cut short their plans and get out of Srinagar."
03/09/19 IANS/Gulf News
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