Srinagar, Dec 27 || Tourists have arrived in appreciable numbers in the Kashmir Valley these days to welcome the New Year.
Minimum temperature dropped notches below the freezing point in the Valley on Saturday as the Pahalgam hill station recorded minus 4.8 as the night's lowest temperature.
After many months, hotels in Srinagar, Gulmarg and Pahalgam are reporting full occupancy these days.
Altaf Ahmad, general manager of a hotel in Gulmarg, told, "We are completely sold out this time."
The Meteorological Department has forecast partly or generally cloudy weather from December 27 to December 29, and generally cloudy weather with light rain/snow at isolated places on December 30.
"On December 31 and January 1, generally cloudy weather with light rain/snow at many places with possibility of moderate snowfall at a few places in the north and central parts of the Valley," the MET forecast said.