SRINAGAR: Despite a ban on the entry of foreign tourists into J&K in view of Covid-19 outbreak, the Union Territory administration on Wednesday allowed four of them, including a couple from Italy, to enter the Valley.The entry of foreign tourists was banned in J&K as a precautionary measure on Tuesday. The ban order was issued by lieutenant-governor G C Murmu’s adviser Baseer Khan The four foreign tourists — the Italian couple, an American and a Russian — landed at the Srinagar airport on Wednesday and were allowed to enter the Valley, official sources said. The four then hired a cab from the airport and went to stay in a houseboat (name withheld) near Nehru Park, they added.Srinagar district development commissioner Dr Shahid Iqbal Chowdary said these tourists would be sent back on Thursday.Hinting that they were allowed as they had been in Indian for some time now, Chowdary said: “There is nothing to worry as the tourists have undergone proper screening (at the airport). We issued the advisory on Tuesday night and they landed on Wednesday. Though they have been in India for some time and toured Rajasthan and other areas, they will be sent back on Thursday.”