ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Imran Khan on Tuesday said in a bid to promote winter tourism in the country, the government was working on a ski resorts feasibility. “Exploring winter tourism and ski resorts feasibility, Deosai plains first-ever winter ski traverse,” the prime minister said in a tweet. Imran Khan mentioned that Deosai plains – the […]
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PM’s vision to promote tourism will create jobs, Shibli Faraz
ISLAMABAD, Mar 05 : Minister for Information and Broadcasting Senator Shibli Faraz said on Friday that tourism sector was being promoted due to the efforts of Prime Minister Imran Khan and is leading to create more job opportunities in the country. At the inaugural ceremony of three-day “Islamabad Tourism Expo and Family Festival 2021” the […]
Hashoo Group launches country’s first premier Tourism and Hospitality Management School
Hashoo Group is launching a professional tourism and hospitality management school, in collaboration with Sheffield Business School of Sheffield Hallam University, United Kingdom. Following a two-year diploma in Pakistan, qualifying students of Hashoo School of Hospitality Management (HSHM) will have the opportunity to complete an additional third year at Sheffield Hallam University, graduating with a […]
Sri Lanka may need more IMF help as blasts threaten tourism
Sri Lanka faces a likely collapse in tourism following Easter Sunday bomb attacks on churches and hotels, which would deal a severe blow to the island’s economy and financial markets, and potentially force it to seek further IMF assistance. The International Monetary Fund extended last month a $1.5 billion loan for an extra year into […]
Don’t tell my mother I want to travel around Pakistan
Every millennial is familiar with Instagram and the trending ‘backpackers’, ‘finders’, ‘wanderers’ and ‘solo travelers’ on this easy-to-use app who explore the unexplored and travel without a care in the world. A more rising trend is the increasingly positive projection of Pakistan as a ‘tourist-friendly’ country on the social media. So me, an average millennial […]
Five ways for Pakistan to help make tourists’ stays more comfortable
It was 7:35am and I walked like a zombie on a flight of steps clutching a heavy hand-carry on my shoulders and a purse that refused to stay put on my arm. After switching two flights and waiting at the stop-over to get to Pakistan from the United Kingdom, I was too tired to function […]
International Blogger, Alex Reynolds highlights the bitter truths of tourism in Pakistan
A video of an International travel blogger Alex Reynolds went viral in which she was seen criticising Pakistan and how foreigners are dealt in Pakistan. She told that she was silenced at Pakistan Tourism Summit just because she wanted to criticise Pakistan in her speech unlike the other influencer’s present there. The organisers of the […]
The evolution of tourism in Pakistan
Iam a Banda-e-Sahrai from Cholistan Desert, land of the lost river Sarasvati. We, the people of Cholistan still believe that our lost river shall, one day, return back to our land as it did during the heavy monsoons of 1976. I have worked for Pakistan International Airlines (PIA), in Spain and Egypt, the two countries […]
On responsible tourism
“The world,” says a fifth century traveller, “is a book. Those who do not travel, read only one page.” Travel broadens one’s mental horizon and teaches people to be tolerant of other people’s views and ways. For those who travel at a young age, the experience amounts to great education. For those who travel at […]
Govt approves new aviation policy to promote tourism
The Federal Cabinet Tuesday approved a new revolutionary civil aviation policy to pro-actively promote tourism and give boost to aviation industry in the country. Briefing media persons about the decisions made in the cabinet meeting chaired by Prime Minister Imran Khan, Minster for Information and Broadcasting Chaudhry Fawad Hussain said traveling to the tourist resorts […]