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Chief Minister Omar Abdullah’s remark on Saturday that “tourism succeeds only when visitors choose to return, not when they come once”, captures both the promise and the predicament facing Jammu and Kashmir today. Tourism here has never been just about numbers; it has always been about confidence, and trust. The announcement that J&K will receive Rs 5.5 billion under an externally funded tourism project is a welcome development. But money alone, as the CM himself underlined, cannot heal a sector bruised by fear, shocks and........