F.P. Report
PESHAWAR: Pakistan Tourism Development Corporation (PTDC) would modernize motels, hotels and Tourists Information Centres, Managing Director Abdul Ghafoor said Saturday.
In a statement, he said that free training was being offered to the employees from the College of Tourism and Hotel Management for Skill Development.
Chaudhry Abdul Ghafoor said special discount packages were also being offered to tourists to help them and their families enjoy peaceful environment during holidays.
He said that PTDC was also organizing tourist information seminars in private schools, colleges and universities to promote tourism in the countyr.
The awareness is extremely important for tourism, which needed to be highlighted in the public he said.
He said PTDC requested Civil Aviation to provide space for setting up tourist information counter at all International Airports in Pakistan. It is our national duty to work for the promotion of tourism in the country.
Furthermore Pakistan Tourism Development Authority (PTDC) should be funded for publicity and promotion of tourism sites in the world media besides facilitating participation of private sector in international tourism exhibitions, says a report issued by The United Nation World Tourism Organization.
According to the report, the involvement of Public Private Partnership for Infrastructure Development in the sector was also essential.
Tourism opportunities in Pakistan were not less than any of the world’s places, but due to many factors Pakistan could not achieve its right place in global tourism.
The main reason for lack of proper development in the tourism sector in Pakistan is non existence of good advertising and non-participation in global tourism event, which is causing a negative impression across the world.
Provincial tourists are playing their role in promoting domestic tourism in their areas of jurisdiction, but projection abroad under federal umbrella is a needed, through which tour operators and provincial tourists promote country’s tourism at world level.
The report, strongly recommended to transform PTDC into National Tourism Authority and lauded the tourism promotion efforts of Managing Director Pakistan Tourism Development Corporation (PTDC), Chaudhry Abdul Ghafoor.
UNWTO Experts Harry Huang and George Drakeop attended the United Nations Tourism Organization (UNWOO) workshop held January this year, reviewed the current situation of tourism in Pakistan and prepared a comprehensive report containing all the facts and figures.
