Gilgit-Baltistan earns spot on CNN’s top 25 must-visit destinations for 2025
CNN highlights Gilgit-Baltistan’s unparalleled adventure tourism and breathtaking peaks
Pearl Continental to start operations at Malam Jabba Ski Resort
ISLAMABAD: Hashoo Group announced the signing of a management contract between its subsidiary Pakistan Services Limited and Samsons Group of Companies (PVT) Limited, which...
China, a popular foreign destination for Pakistani students
Around 22,000 students from Pakistan are currently studying in the country, according to the Pakistani Embassy in China
Zulfi Bukhari urges PTDC laid off workers to accept Rs1.3bn assistance package
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan Tourism Development Corporation (PTDC) Chairman Sayed Zulfikar Abbas Bukhari on Sunday urged PTDC's laid off workers to accept the assistance package amounting...
South Korea to import more Pakistani workforce
South Korea had also shown keen interest to invest in Pakistan Railways to further improve its capacity
Govt likely to appoint Zulfi Bukhari as PTDC BoD chairman
ISLAMABAD: The federal government is likely to appoint Special Assistant to Prime Minister on Overseas Pakistanis and Human Resource Development Zulfi Bukhari as the...
Moot discusses practical measures to uplift tourism sector
Experts stress need for professional services, availability of guides and provision of security infrastructure to facilitate foreign tourists
ISLAMABAD: One of the panel discussions...
US company mulls investing $100m in Gilgit-Baltistan
ISLAMABAD: A delegation of True North, a US-based investment company, has expressed its keen interest to invest in the tourism sector of Gilgit-Baltistan.
A detailed briefing...
Pakistan plans to relax visa policy in bid to revive tourism
Pakistan was last a prominent tourist destination in the 1970s when the “hippie trail” brought Western travellers through the apricot and walnut orchards of the Swat Valley and Kashmir on their way to India and Nepal
KP govt bids to attract international, religious tourism to Gandhara Strip
ISLAMABAD: The Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KP) government has decided to launch the Ghandara Strip, an area that is home to heritage sites and relics of...
Govt to provide telecom, internet services at key tourist spots
ISLAMABAD: The government has decided to provide telecom or internet facilities to key tourist spots in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa and Gilgit-Baltistan.
According to officials, the Universal...
Global airfares, hotel rates to rise in 2019: industry forecast
The CWT/GBTA 2019 forecast said the rise in hotel rates would be driven by an increased demand for air travel, which would fuel demand for rooms. Room rates are expected to rise by more than 5 percent in Asia and Europe, by 2.1 percent in North America and to fall by 1.3 percent in Latin America
KP govt to provide Rs77m relief package to tourism industry
PESHAWAR: The Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KP) government will provide relief of Rs77 million in the shape of waivers on registration fees and license fees for...
PTDC to launch tourist police force based on Thailand’s model
Pakistan Tourism Development Corporation (PTDC) Managing Director Abdul Ghafoor said on Wednesday that the government would introduce a special police force based on Thailand’s...
Etihad exempted from laptop ban for US bound flights
Abu Dhabi: At Abu Dhabi International Airport, travelers bound for the United States on Tuesday enjoyed something many others flying out of the Middle...
