Tag: Tourism

KP government foregoes rest houses to promote tourism

Khyber Pakhtunkhwa government on Tuesday transferred administrative control of its 11 rest houses in Naran, Kalam, Swat and other scenic places to Khyber-Pakhunkhwa Tourism...

Iran seeks tourism revival

  Persepolis, Iran- At the foot of Persepolis, busloads of foreign tourists gaze in awe at the ancient mud-brick ceremonial capital that Iran hopes will...

Bringing in all willing to go out

Minister inaugurates PTDC’s Daman-e-Koh Restaurant, says government is promoting tourism Federal Minister for Inter Provincial Coordination Mian Riaz Hussain Pirzada has said that the present...

Motorway, road networks to boost tourism, business activity: minister

Federal Minister for Religious Affairs Sardar Yousuf on Sunday said that Hazara Motorway and road networks will boost tourism sector, business activity of the...

Work on Mansehra airport to start soon: Yousuf

ISLAMABAD Federal Religious Affairs Minister Sardar Yousuf has said work on mega projects, including construction of an airport in Mansehra, will soon be started....

India excludes Pakistan from visa-on-arrival scheme extension for 180 countries

NEW DELHI- India's visa-on-arrival scheme for tourists has been decided to been extended in a bid to boost tourism and business by the government. The scheme...

Tourism declines in northern areas

The investigation report compiled by the Government of Gilgit-Balitistan (GB) claimed that terrorists’ attack on the foreign tourists in Nanga Parbat was aimed at...

Tourism recovery celebrated in Swat

US Ambassador Richard Olson and the Governor of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KP) and FATA Shaukat Ullah Khan on Thursday joined business owners to celebrate the...

Dream of developed Gorakh Hill Station remains just that

While the Pakistan People’s Party (PPP) slain chairperson Benazir Bhutto had dreamed of a well-developed Gorakh Hill Station to provide tourists with Muree-like facilities,...

Tourism is the key to progress

Tourism is one of the best sources of revenue for a country as richly endowed with natural beauty as Pakistan. This can be extremely...

China to open atomic bomb site for tourism

Officials in China are planning to turn the base where the country’s first atomic bomb was developed into a tourist attraction. According to...

‘People must travel through registered operators for Haj, Umra’

Punjab Tourism Department (PTD) has set up a window to entertain complaints of citizens traveling for pilgrimage through private agents. Deputy Controller, Tourist Service PTD,Muhammad...

STFP publishes travel guide on Kaghan Valley

Sustainable Tourism Foundation Pakistan (STFP) has published a new travel guide on Kaghan Valley on Saturday in collaboration with Tourism Promotion Association (T-PAK) of...

Tourism, health depts without salaries!

The employees of Pakistan Tourism Development Corporation (PTDC) in Grade 1-16 protested in front of the head office against the nonpayment of salaries. The...

People flay KP govt’s occupation of youth hostel in Kaghan

The Pakistan Youth Hostel Association has strongly protested over the flagrant violation of law by the KP Tourism Department by forcibly taking over its...

Ailing economy needs a trip to Kashmir

The former president of Federation of Pakistan Chamber of Commerce and Industry (FPCCI) Chaudhry Saeed Thursday said there was a pressing need for the...

Call for promoting sustainable tourism through devolution

Speakers, including policymakers, at a daylong conference here Tuesday called for promoting sustainable tourism though devolution of the sectors to the provinces and devise...