With a large number of trip and ticket cancellations for Kashmir, tourism professionals and officials say the region is now staring at massive losses over the next few months. “There has already been a 25 per cent drop in the 80 per cent of bookings that had been secured.

NEW DELHI (Reuters) - At least 26 people died and 17 others were injured when suspected militants opened fire at a popular tourist spot in the Pahalgam region of India's Jammu and Kashmir territory this week. As security forces hunt for the perpetrators, here is a look at what happened, and how India has reacted.

The militant attack has prompted a strong and silent response in Kashmir. For the first time in 35 years, the entire region has been shut down in solidarity with the victims of the brutal massacre.