[South China Morning Post]Sun sets on Kashmir’s traditional houseboats as tourism, and Dal Lake, dry up
High in the foothills of the Himalayas, on a lake ringed by Mughal-era gardens, Imtiyaz Ahmad and two other Kashmiri men were hard at work earlier this month cleaning a sumptuous cedar-wood houseboat. In happier times, Young Beauty Star was a popular floating hotel for tourists who flocked to ...