Srinagar, Mar 23: Lakhs of tulips are blooming this spring in Kashmir's famous tulip garden located in the foothills of Zabarwan hill range.
There has been a huge influx of tourists, both domestic and foreign, who come and watch the tulips in fascination.
The Zabarwan hills is home to almond and apricot trees, and the tourists get a sense of heavenly bliss when they visit the tulip garden.
The tulip garden has given a huge boost to Kashmir's flagging tourism industry in the last six years, with more and tourists making a beeline to this attractive spot.
Lakhs of tulips have bloomed this year, more in comparison with last year's. “I think all tourists should at least come once to watch this garden”, said Ravinder Khurana, a tourist from Mumbai.
The department of floriculture of J&K government is working hard to give final touches to the tulip garden.
Experts are trying to create new designs in the tulip garden, and new varieties of other flowers are also being planted.
For Indian tourists, they need not go to Switzerland or Holland to watch tulip gardens.”The garden will open shortly. We are giving the final touches”, said Farooq Ahmed, a gardener.
“More than 10 lakh varieties of tulips are here this year”, said Javed Ahmed Shah, district folriculture officer in charge of this garden.
