Srinagar, February 21 (Scoop News) – The two days snow festival was kicked off at Gulmarg today. Organized by the Department of Tourism, Kashmir various teams and individuals are participating in snow base-ball, snow rugby, snow cycling, ice-skating, skiing and snowboarding.
The Department of Tourism organizes such events to promote tourism in the valley. The department also organized such snow festival at Pahalgam last month and has prepared a plan to create basic infrastructure at newly identified tourist spots like Yusmarg, Bangus Valley, Sonamarg, Dodhpathri etc for which development authorities have been constituted by the department.