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President launches commercial helicopter flight service in AJK to promote tourism

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President launches commercial helicopter flight service in AJK to promote tourism. President Dr Arif Alvi on Tuesday launched the commercial helicopter flight operations of Kashmir Air in Azad Jammu and Kashmir (AJK) as part of an effort to promote tourism in the region. The president, addressing the launching ceremony of Kashmir Air, at Bagh, said […]

Japan eager to welcome tourists from abroad amid cheap yen

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It’s hard to tell from his serious demeanor, but Akky International Corp. Chief Executive Hideyuki Abe can barely contain his excitement. Japan eager to welcome tourists from abroad. Foreign tourists are coming back, those big-spending visitors from abroad who used to flock into his colorful store in Tokyo’s Akihabara electronics district, its colorful shelves filled […]

KP all set to welcome winter tourists

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KP all set to welcome winter tourists. Khyber Pakhtunkhwa tourism department was taking all necessary steps towards ‘safe tourism’ for upcoming season of winter and established an ‘information center’ for guidance related to tourist destinations in the region, Director Tourism Authority Khursheed Alam said on Saturday. Talking to a private news channel, Director said that […]

Thailand may receive more than 10 mln foreign tourists in this year

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Thailand may record slightly more than 10 million foreign tourist arrivals this year, the tourism minister said on Friday, as a vital industry has recovered from the impact of the pandemic. There have been about 5.8 million foreign arrivals since the start of the year, Phiphat Ratchakitprakarn told a seminar. According to a previous estimation […]

Bhutan welcomes back tourists after COVID-19 with honey, turmeric and SIM cards

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Twenty-three foreign visitors landed in Bhutan on Friday, the first to arrive as the Himalayan kingdom reopened its borders after more than two years following the COVID-19 pandemic, with officials looking to tourism to help revive the local economy. Wedged between China and India, the country known for its natural beauty and ancient Buddhist culture, […]

Azerbaijan Visa Requirements for Pakistan Citizens

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Azerbaijan is undoubtedly one of the best countries most Pakistani citizens visit. The beautiful cities of Azerbaijan, like Baku, compel the citizens of Pakistan to put Azerbaijan at the top of their tourist list and are one of the most popular tourist destinations. Many Pakistani citizens visit Azerbaijan every year in different seasons, as the […]

Million of Buddhist tourists desire to explore Gandhara heritage: MD PTDC

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ISLAMABAD: Managing Director Pakistan Tourism Development Corporation (PTDC) Aftab-ur-Rehman said that millions of Buddhist tourists from across the world had shown keen interest in exploring the rich Gandhara heritage of the country.  He said that Pakistan was a country rich in cultural heritage sites of different religions.  In a statement, he said that it was […]

calls on start-ups to joinUNWTO  “Awake Tourism Challenge”

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ISLAMABAD: United Nations World Tourism Organization (UNWTO) has launched the second edition of its global flagship competition under the name of “Awake Tourism Challenge”.  The competition will identify innovators who are advancing solutions to six different challenges, as well as contributing to the achievement of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), said a press release issued […]

PTDC, ATDCP to develop 10 villages as model rural tourism destinations

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ISLAMABAD: Managing Director Pakistan Tourism Development Corporation (PTDC) PTDC, Aftab ur Rehman Rana has said that PTDC and Agriculture Tourism Development Corporation of Pakistan (ATDCP) has selected 10 villages across the country as a model rural tourism destinations in Pakistan.  He said that PTDC has placed these villages on the map of UNWTO’s best tourist […]