UK Lifted Travel Advisory on Jammu and Kashmir

The United Kingdom on 6 November 2012 lifted its around twenty years old travel advisory for its nationals against travel to Srinagar, Jammu and Ladakh, referring improvements of the security situation in the State.

The lifting of travel advisory came to testimony the fact that security situation in Jammu and Kashmir is improved.

The UK Foreign office declared on their website that they no longer advise against travel to Jammu and Kashmir or against travel on the Jammu to Srinagar highway.

The lifting of Travel Advisory came just before British foreign secretary William Hague’s visit to India.
The lifting of Advisory is going to encourage more UK tourists to visit and provide a platform for businesses which in turn benefit the local economy of Jammu and Kashmir.

UK is the third country to lift the ban on travel to these places in the state after Germany and Japan. Earlier the Country of Japan on 19 October 2012 lifted the advisory while Germany in July 2011 had relaxed travel restriction to Jammu and Kashmir for its National.

The travel Advisories were imposed as a result of the outbreak of militancy in the state of Jammu and Kashmir after 1989 and with the abduction of some foreign tourists