IRCTC will now book tour packages for Kashmir to increase tourism in that state. JKTDC tied-up with IRCTC and some private airlines to launch package tours as well as accommodation. This initiative has been made after an agreement between IRCTC and Jammu Kashmir Tourism Development Corporation. So far there was no means to improve tourism to J&K through IRCTC before this. According to the new agreement, IRCTC will provide growth in rail tourism products and availability of food services at railway stations and at other places etc.