15L blooming bulbs enthralls visitors at Tulip garden

March 24, 2022

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Mesmerized by the beauty in the Tulip garden, tourists from across the country admired the government for promoting and taking the tourism sector to a better level.

Spread over the 30 hectares, Asia’s largest Indira Gandhi Memorial Tulip Garden was thrown open for visitors on Wednesday. Compared to last year, the garden this time around will be house to over 15 lakh flowers of tulips, daffodils, hyacinths, and muscari.

Enthralled over the opening of the garden, Mukesh Sharma, a resident of Mumbai said, “It is just amazing to be here right now. For my entire life, I used to watch such garden in movies only, but now today I got the opportunity to come and enjoy the beauty of Tulip garden”.

He added, “We had to leave for home a few days back, but, when I got to know about the opening of Tulip garden, I talked to my family and said, why cannot we stay for few for more days. And, I must say that I don’t regret the decision”.

At the same time, I want to express gratitude to the government of Jammu and Kashmir, who has been doing a fantastic job in promoting the tourism of the valley, Sharma said.

Another tourist, Marghav Singh from New Delhi, said, “I do not have words to express how I am feeling today. It is just breathtaking view here at Tulip Garden”. He added, “I visited many places and gardens, but nothing can be compared to the view I saw today.”

On top of that, the people here are pretty friendly, and no one can match the hospitality of the locals here, he added. Singh further said that I have read about Kashmir and am little aware of the tourist place, and I can happily say that much effort has been made to promote tourism here from the last few years.

Sahil Sheikh, a resident of West Bengal, said, “Kashmir is truly a heaven. From mountains to gardens to water bodies, everything seems to be wonderful”. He added that it is the second time I have come to Kashmir. Last time around, I could not come to Tulip garden, but this time around, I did not want to miss the opportunity”.

“Everything is just amazing here, from locals to the government. It is the efforts of both people and government that can take the tourism of Kashmir to another level”, he added.

Meanwhile, an official said that the government is keen on uplifting the tourism sector of Kashmir, adding that he said that we are exploring all the ways to bring tourists from India and from across the country.

“And, I think tourism will play a major role in creating employment in Kashmir. Also, the official added that the government is looking to conduct tourism, festivals across the valley in the future, which will definitely attract people from all over the place”, the official added.

The garden was thrown open to the public by J-K chief secretary Arun Kumar Mehta on Wednesday.
Speaking to reporters, Mehta said the last six months have seen the highest-ever tourist footfall in the valley.
He said the tourism has been revived and people are not getting rooms as hotels in the valley are fully booked.
He said the administration was working on opening and promoting 75 new tourist destinations.

This year the garden houses 1.5 million flowers of tulips, daffodils, hyacinths and muscari.
The flowers include 68 varieties of tulips, In-charge of Tulip Garden Inam Rehman Sofi said.
He said the visitors will be able to see six new varieties of tulips.
Sofi said last year, 2.25 lakh people visited the garden and this year we expect more .

Most of the visitors (today) were from outside the UT, which is a good signal. The garden pre-pones our tourist season and I think this is a good omen for this year’s tourist season, Sofi said.

This year, the department has made provisions for online ticket sales as well to avoid the rush at the ticket counter.

The average lifespan of tulip flowers is three to four weeks, but heavy rains or too much heat can destroy them.
The Floriculture Department plants tulip bulbs in a phased manner so that the flowers remain in the garden for a month or more.