Positive News: Pakistan saw 42,247 foreign tourists in last five years

[Kamran Stu]

Pakistan saw 42,247 foreign tourists in last five years

Samuel Johnson and Adam Sloper co-founders of the British Backpackers society ranked Pakistan as the top country to visit for adventure travel

ISLAMABAD: Around 42,247 foreign tourists visited Pakistan during the last five years from January 2013 to December 2017.

Speaking to APP, a spokesperson from the Pakistan Tourism Development Corporation (PTDC) gave a yearly breakdown of foreign tourists.

• 2013: 10,560
• 2014: 5,575
• 2015: 6,475
• 2016: 9,161
• 2017: 10,476

The PTDC spokesperson said that present government has been taking interest to boost the tourism industry at the international level and provide maximum facilities to the foreign tourists. The government has been making efforts to promote tourism and make PTDC a financially viable organization.

According to the spokesperson, PTDC and the University of Management and Technology (UMT) Lahore had signed a Memorandum of Understanding for the sponsorship of the tourism department's publicity material including banners, website, seminars, and conferences to attract the foreign and local tourist.

PTDC has also launched a Pakistan Tourism Friends Club, in which members of the club will get exclusive 20 per cent discount on PTDC facilities, he added.

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[Shahid Abassi]

What is positive in having 10000 tourists a year. Turkey is visited by around 40 million tourists every year.

 

[PappuChikna]

Foreign tourists include non-resident pakistanis.
The number is very very very low but I hope it improves.

 

[AntiGossip]

Look last figure on tourism by pml n govt was 1 million per year what's this number ?

 

[sab_tamasha_hai]

This is nothing, I think India would be receiving magnitude more in a day. Actually sad affairs, given beauty of our land.

 

[sab_tamasha_hai]

Look last figure on tourism by pml n govt was 1 million per year what's this number ?

I wouldnt take any numbers by pmln government seriously. Almost everything was fluffed, just like our budget.

 

[Tyrion Lannister]

What is positive in having 10000 tourists a year. Turkey is visited by around 40 million tourists every year.

turkey me esa kut khana bhi nae hai jesa 10 saal se hmara tha, it will get better

 

[AntiGossip]

I wouldnt take any numbers by pmln government seriously. Almost everything was fluffed, just like our budget.

Exactly but this not the way to conduct reports its no different than India's falsification of facts!

 

[Shahid Abassi]

turkey me esa kut khana bhi nae hai jesa 10 saal se hmara tha, it will get better

Now that the kutkhana isn't there like before, they must target at least a million tourists a year.