Kashmir, the ‘paradise’ on earth was under constant lockdown for the last two years. Tourism is the main industry here and residents of this newly formed Union Territory depend mainly on tourists for their livelihood. Though after the abrogation of article 370 on 7th August 2019 tourists were allowed to visit different places of the Valley, but with the first wave of COVID-19 tourism industry comes to a halt and as a result, locals suffered a huge loss and their lives become completely miserable.