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The seven-nation Birmingham to Pakistan bus launch delayed due to permits
DestinationsPlans for a bus service between Birmingham and Pakistan have been delayed because of problems over transit permits. The 4,000-mile (6,400km) route to Mirpur runs through Iran, Turkey and near the Afghan border.Tickets for the 12-day journey are expected to cost £130 each. The service is being set up by the Tahir Khokher, transport minister for Pakistan-administered [...]
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UK Foreign Office lifts warning on travel to Kashmir’s “Venice of the East”
DestinationsThe Foreign Office has lifted its warning against travel to Jammu and Srinagar, in northern India.
Although the region has been plagued by violence in recent years, there have been no recent reports of attacks on visitors to the two cities or on the hi…
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UK proposes bus route that spans seven countries from Birmingham to Pakistan
TransportPlans have been announced to launch a bus service between Birmingham and Mirpur in Pakistan, known as “Little Birmingham”. It promises to be Britain’s longest bus route – all the way from Birmingham to [Pakistan] Kashmir almost 4,000 miles away. Plans have been drawn up for a bus service between the West Midlands and Mirpur, [...]
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Tourists are returning to Kashmir, but it would like to see even more come back
DestinationsTwo years ago, the old city in Srinagar was the sort of place police would only venture into wearing full body armour. A stronghold for violent separatists agitating for an independent Kashmir, it was the centre of ugly uprisings that left more than 10…
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Tourism makes mini-comeback in Kashmir, but calls for modesty may temper growth
DestinationsIn the past two years, there’s been a change in Srinagar’s landscape. Instead of military personnel, tourists walk along the Dal Lake promenade..The famed “shikaras” or houseboats dotting the lake have a more cheerful stride than usual. That’s partly because a record 1.1 million tourists visited Kashmir in 2011, and this year’s number is expected [...]
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No room for any more tourists in Kashmir this summer
DestinationsIt’s another summer of peace for Jammu and Kashmir and tourists are flocking like never before to this picturesque land of meadows, streams and hills that was deserted just two years ago as tension reigned and bullets flew.
