“It is a new concept for India but already introduced in foreign countries. We have also claimed it in the Limca Book of Records,” Hamid Masoodi, General Manager Kolahoi Green Gulmarg told ANI.
“We wanted to serve our guests in a unique way with unique accommodation and the idea of doing something dramatic for our guests and patrons has worked. It has attracted a large number of tourists and this new attraction Igloo cafe has become a selfie point in Gulmarg,” the Manager said.
Detailing it further, he said that the snow cafe measured 22 feet in diameter and 12.5 feet in height. It has accommodated four tables which can serve sixteen guests at a time inside the cafe. The outside dimensions of the snow restaurant are 26 feet in diameter and 15 feet in height.
Staff at Kolahoi Green Heights hotel on the Indian-administered side of the region took inspiration from Arctic shelters and added a few local touches – an arched door and patterns on the curved walls.
The long-running conflict in the Himalayan region has hit Kashmir’s once-booming leisure industry. But crowds still come to its snow-bound slopes every winter.
Tourists were seen happy after visiting the Igloo Cafe.
“I am visiting Kashmir a second time. But this time Igloo Cafe has surprised me so much. I am very happy that I have come here and also recommend others to visit it once,” a tourist, Pooja said.
An Igloo is a type of shelter built by snow. It is often associated with all Inuit and Eskimo peoples. The ice huts were traditionally used only by the people of Canada’s Central Arctic and Greenland’s Thule area.