PESHAWAR – KP government has taken the first step in making the provincethe hub of tourism in Pakistan.
Government is launching a new mobile App and website to introduce KhyberPakhtunkhwa as a tourism brand to the world to attract more tourists andvisitors to the province.
This was told at a meeting held on Wednesday with Secretary Sports,Tourism, Archaeology, Culture, Museums and Youth Affairs Department ShahidZaman in the chair.
Additional Secretary Babar Khan, officials of Management Information System(MIS) and others attended the meeting.
The MIS team briefed the participants of the meeting on the launching ofmobile app and new website.
The meeting was told that all data of the tour operators, hotels,restaurants booking, tracking, tourist resorts, lakes, weather condition inKhyber Pakhtunkhwa would be uploaded on the website and mobile app to helptourists to get information about these facilities and situation at homebefore leaving for a particular destination.
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The official added that the department had taken tangible steps to boostarchaeological, adventure, religious and cultural tourism in a bid toattract more foreign and domestic tourists.
The participants of the meeting were informed that 75 percent of touristdestinations, archaeological and heritage sites and Buddhism ruins of thecountry were existed in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa.
The followers of Buddhism and enthusiasts of adventure tourism could beattracted to the province through publicity with the new app and website.
The capacity of registered tour operators had been built through workshopsand trainings so they could better facilitate the visiting tourists in theprovince.
