Daily Times

PESHAWAR: The Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Minister for Tourism and Culture Atif Khan said while talking with Azerbaijan’s ambassador Ali Alizada that the government has allocated one billion rupees for the preservation of six thousand tourist sites in the province.

Today, the gathering occurred between Atif Khan and Ali Alizada, the ambassador of Azerbaijan to Pakistan at the former office.

Khan added, Azerbaijan is the emerging tourist side and we shall probably learn from its experience in the tourism sector — It is pertinent to share, Azerbaijan is said to be the cheapest country to inhale Europeans way of life. In 2017 a total number of 17,558 Pakistani tourists visited Azerbaijan compared to 3998 in 2016. Reported earlier by Florian Sengstschmid, the Executive Director of the Azerbaijan Tourism Board.

In the meantime, the Ambassador of Azerbaijan said the archeological sites of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa are a lot of attractable for the travel industry.

Hailing from Taxila to the religious sites in Swat.

Both the leaders agreed to launch Youth Exchange programs between Azerbaijan and Khyber Pakhtunkhwa.
Thusly, the Ambassador of Azerbaijan visits Sethi House, Peshawar Museum, Heritage Trail, Islamia College, Qilla Bala Hisar and demonstrated a keen interest in local culture and heritage sites.

It is noteworthy to share, both the government of Pakistan and Azerbaijan are planning to open direct flights in Summer 2020.

In recent years Kyber Pakhtunkhwa’s government with the nodding from the federal government done auspicious steps in preserving historical tourist sites. Beginning from renovating the old Peshwar city from Gor Gathri to Ghanta Ghar followed by the reopening of Buddhist rituals at Bhamala Monastery and Stupa Taxila, nearly after a gap of 2000 years.