Tulip Garden sees 4.46 lakh visitors in 15 days, surpass previous record | KNO
Srinagar, Apr 09 (KNO): The Department of Floriculture, Gardens & Parks is pleased to announce that the Indira Gandhi Memorial Tulip Garden, Srinagar has surpassed last year’s record footfall of 4,46,154 visitors—within just 15 days of the ongoing Tulip Show 2025. As per an official communiqué issued to the news agency—Kashmir News Observer (KNO), this remarkable achievement marks a new milestone for Asia’s largest tulip garden, which currently features 1.7 million tulip bulbs across 74 vibrant varieties. With several days of the show remaining, the garden is on track to achieve an unprecedented visitor turnout.
This surge in footfall highlights the garden’s growing global appeal and its key role in promoting tourism and showcasing the natural splendour of Jammu & Kashmir. Pertinently, with 1.7 million bulbs, the garden was thrown open for the general public on March 26. The famous Indira Gandhi Memorial Tulip Garden is having two more varieties imported from the Netherlands this year. 100 gardeners and casual labourers have made hectic efforts to complete all the processes and make the garden ready for the public. On the inaugural day (March 26), the garden witnessed an overwhelming response from tourists. It recorded an unprecedented footfall of 17,259 visitors, setting a new record.
Pertinently, 4.5 lakh visitors visited the garden last year, surpassing all the previous records. It is worth mentioning here that Tulip Garden in summer capital earned a spot in World Book of Records (London) as Asia’s largest in 2023. In 2024, Asia’s largest Tulip Garden experienced an extraordinary surge in tourism, with a staggering 4.45 lakh visitors flocking to witness its vibrant blooms, including approximately 2,000 from foreign shores—(KNO)