Kashmir's winter destinations face severe environmental crisis from overtourism

Kashmir's popular winter destinations are seeing a surge in tourists, but what they leave behind is wreaking havoc on the environment and local ecology. In Gulmarg, a ski destination, over 2,000kg of litter is collected every day from hotels, motels and vendors. In the evenings, authorities burn the waste near the ski resort, polluting the pristine air. The garbage is also attracting wild animals like monkeys and pests. Over three million tourists, including 43,000 foreigners, visited the disputed Himalayan Territory last year. Muheet Ul Islam reports.