ISLAMABAD – Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) government’s efforts with regardto tourism promotion has started yielding positive results as Traveller byCondè Nast, one of the world’s best travel portals, has listed Pakistan asone of top tourist destination for 2020.
“The adventure traveller’s must-visit goes from strength to strength,” saidthe world’s best travel magazine while highlighting Pakistan’s scenic andmesmerizing tourist attractions.
Outlining the adventure tourism potential in the country, the magazinewrote: “Pakistan has more peaks taller than 22,965ft than China and Nepalcombined, making it an almost magnetic spot for adventure travellers andintrepid hikers.”
“Visitors can follow in Michael Palin’s steps while traversing the 12,250ftShandur Pass, home to the world’s highest polo field, or meet with theKalash people of the Hindu Kush, famed for their cowrie-shell headdressesand brighter-than-bright embroidery,” it noted.
The magazine also mentioned the recent visit of Britain’s Duke and Duchessof Cambridge, Prince William and Kate Middleton, to Pakistan and themeasures taken by the present government for boosting tourism includingrelaxed visa restrictions.
Sharing this news on the social media, National Tourism Coordination Board(NTCB) Chairman Sayed Zulfikar Abbas Bukhari tweeted: “My homeland tops thelist because there is no other like it. Come…visit and explore Pakistan.”
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With the recent visit of Britain’s Duke and Duchess of Cambridge, PrinceWilliam and Kate Middleton, it seems that the inbound tourism in Pakistanwould continue to surge as a London-based travel company Wild Frontiers hasalso listed Pakistan among its top travel destinations for the year 2020.
According to the Pakistan Tourism Development Corporation (PTDC), Inboundtourism in Pakistan has witnessed a marked increase of over 70 per centduring the year 2018 as compared to corresponding year, mainly due tomultiple initiatives, specially improved security situation.
“The number of foreigners, who visited Pakistan in 2018 on tourist visastands at 17,823, which was 10,476 in 2017,” an official source in the PTDCtold APP.
He said as many as 60,070 foreign travel enthusiasts visited touristattractions in the country during the last six years, especially to themesmerizing places located in the northern parts of the country.
