To what extent absence of snowfall hurt tourism industry?

S Venkateshwari
To what extent absence of snowfall hurt tourism industry?


As of right now, no formal report on this has been made public. However, if we contrast that year's visitor count with that of 2019, the valley lost Rs 9,191 crore due to losses in the tourism industry alone.

Now you know why kashmir did not receive any snowfall.

Actually, Jammu kashmir and Ladakh receive the most of the winter's rainfall. This precipitation takes the shape of snowfall or snowflakes. In these regions, the first snowfall usually happens in december and lasts through the entire month of January. However, january is almost over this time, although there is now no likelihood of snowfall.

The information provided by the india Meteorological Department (IMD) appears to support this theory as well. But this downturn did not occur overnight. Rather, it has been seen in recent years that the amount of rainfall in these locations has been declining with time.

At this point, the question of why this is happening emerges. In fact, rising temperatures and western disturbances are cited by meteorologists as the cause of the annual decline in snowfall. According to scientists, one of the main causes of this year's lack of snowfall could be the El Nino phenomena in the eastern Pacific Ocean.

What does El Nino mean?

A climatic phenomenon is El Nino. El Nino is the term for the Pacific Ocean warming phenomena that affects the coast close to Peru. Simply said, El Nino refers to a shift in ocean temperature and atmospheric conditions as well as the marine events that result from that change. The sea surdata-face temperature rises by 4-5 degrees above average as a result of this shift.



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