PESHAWAR
\nKhyber Pakhtunkhwa Integrated Tourism Development (KITE) Project in collaboration with Nestle Pakistan organized a one-day capacity building workshop on solid waste management and sustainable tourism.
\nThe workshop was held under Travel Responsibly for Experiencing Ecotourism in KP (TREK) to promote responsible tourism for a waste-free future, said a press release issued here. Hotels and restaurant owners, hotel staff, travel and tour operators, members from academia, students, public sector tourism managers and others attended the workshop.
\nThe workshop was aimed at creating awareness about solid waste management practices and recycling initiatives undertaken by TREK.
\n The workshop vowed to adopt actions to reduce plastic and other waste and shift to recycling processes.
\nDirector General (DG) Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Culture and Tourism Authority (KPCTA) Tashfeen Haider, Project Director KITE Project, Touseef Khalid, General Manager KPCTA Sajjad Hameed, President Hotels Association Naran, and officials of Nestle Pakistan, tourism department and KITE Project attended the workshop and addressed the participants.
\nTouseef Khalid, said TREK is an initiative being implemented in partnership with the World Bank Group and Nestl\u00e9 Pakistan since 2020. Under TREK, local area development authorities of Kaghan, Galiyat, Upper Swat, Kumrat and Kalash have been provided with solid waste management equipment.
\nAwareness campaigns were also conducted for tourists in Peshawar, Swat, Abbotabad and Chitral to train local communities on waste management and to promote responsible tourism for a waste-free future at the tourist sites of the province.
\nDG KPCTA, Tashfeen Haider, emphasizes the importance of promoting Sustainable Tourism and highlights its significance for the region\u2019s development. He said that we are delighted on the outcome of community engagement activities such as waste management training and awareness campaigns as part of TREK initiative for tourism stakeholders and tourists.
\nTo promote sustainable tourism practices 1500 reusable bags were distributed to Kaghan Development Authority and local Hotel Association by DG KPCTA Tashfeen Haider and PD KITE Project Touseef Khalid.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
PESHAWAR Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Integrated Tourism Development (KITE) Project in collaboration with Nestle Pakistan organized a one-day capacity building workshop on solid waste management and sustainable tourism. The workshop was held under Travel Responsibly for Experiencing Ecotourism in KP (TREK) to promote responsible tourism for a waste-free future, said a press release issued here. Hotels and […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-428940","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-top-news"},"yoast_head":"\n