Hiring tourist guides, while visiting a new place is
a good idea. Otherwise, you are likely to miss excellent, but little
known, attractions of the place. You if you are planning to visit the
Kashmir valley, it will prove to be beneficial to hire a tourist guide
for local sightseeing etc. Tourist guides in Kashmir are easily
available and most of them speak fluently in English. Some of them even
know French, German, Japanese, etc.
However, one needs to exercise a little caution while hiring as well as
while dealing with the tourist guides in Kashmir, as well as any other
city in India. Given below are some tips for handling Kashmir guides:





