00:00Okay, golf and Kashmir is a very popular relationship.
00:09In the country, if you can see the most beautiful golf course,
00:19then Kashmir's three courses are easy to win.
00:24Sirnagar, Gulmarg and Pahlgam.
00:26And our goal is to get our local golfers here.
00:35And we will use these courses in terms of tourism promotion.
00:41So today, this tournament is in the same direction.
00:46And we are trying to get a big deal here.
00:55And with that, we will start a new generation of golfers.
01:02We will start a new generation of golf courses.
01:03And we will promote some of the tourism courses.
01:10How many courses are there?
01:11How many courses are there?
01:12How many courses are there?
01:13People are here.
01:15There are more than 100 golfers today.
01:18Some of the others have come from the country.
01:23And it is right, after a few weeks,
01:27they will be able to take 60 young golfers.
01:31And we will organize them for the first time.
01:36The course of Gulmarg will be open until July.
01:41The new order is ordered.
01:44And I often see that,
01:47when the rest of the other countries,
01:51especially in North India,
01:52is open on Friday or Monday,
01:54then some of the golfers,
01:56who have been on the long weekend,
01:58have started to come to the Srinagar,
02:00just to play golf again.
02:02So,
02:02I hope that it will be a benefit from tourism.
02:08Kashmir has always been promoted
02:10as a premier golfing destination.
02:12What is your government doing
02:13with regard to this port,
02:15to take this port on a global map?
02:18As you can see,
02:19part of this tournament is part of that.
02:22It is done as a joint
02:25between the organizers and J&K Tourism.
02:30Similarly, as I said,
02:32similar events are being contemplated
02:34for Gulmarg as well as for Pahlgaam.
02:37The idea is that,
02:39we want that when people think of golf,
02:42and particularly golf tourism,
02:44the first thought that should cross their minds
02:46is Kashmir and the three main golf courses here.
02:50And for that,
02:51whatever needs to be done in terms of equipment,
02:54in terms of promotion and maintenance,
02:56we'll do that.
02:57Do you think events like these
02:59should be more conducted
03:00so that this can instill more confidence
03:02and get more businesses
03:03with regard to the hospitality sector
03:05and can generate more employment?
03:06Obviously, our aim is to have
03:09as many events as possible of this nature
03:12so that people,
03:14both from golfers within the valley
03:16and golfers from outside of Kashmir,
03:19come and are able to play here together.
03:22That's the whole aim.
03:24The aim is not one at the cost of the other.
03:28Both are local golfers
03:30as well as golfers
03:32who come from the rest of the country.
03:33We want to see more and more of them here.
03:36Thank you so much.
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