It was reported that more than a million tourists visited Kashmir in 2011.
Mookerjee went to visit Kashmir in 1953 and was arrested on 11th May while crossing border.
Indeed, this spring some 100,000 tourists - mostly Indians - visited Kashmir.
For anyone actually visiting Kashmir, the place.
"I don't think there's anything especially unusual about Israelis visiting Kashmir."
A record number of tourists including Amarnath pilgrims visited Kashmir during 2012.
Tourists visit Kashmir from all over the world irrespective of nationality and religion.
It was reported that 736,000 tourists including 23,000 foreigners visited Kashmir in 2010.
He was trying to restore it by visiting Kashmir and Kabul.
Violence can flare up suddenly and it would be foolish to visit Kashmir without checking the political situation first.