Rawalpindi: Pakistan Tourism Development Corporation Managing Director Chaudhry Abdul Ghafoor has said that tourist information centres will be restructured for a modern and dynamic outlook with extensive face uplift.
\nChairing a meeting with senior management of Pakistan Tourism Development Corporation (PTDC), he directed that, \u201cAll the officers and incharges posted in PTDC\u2019s 13 tourist information centres located all over Pakistan must aggressively market PTDC\u2019s facilities as well as concentrate on promotion of all four-seasons tourism destinations.\u201d
\nHe also directed to submit a performance report of all units within a week. The tourism information centres would be renamed as tourism promotion centres, he said.
\n\u201cMultinational companies, private school chains and groups of colleges may be approached for promotion of domestic tourism by providing special discounts to students and group tourists in PTDC facilities and transport,\u201d Ghafoor further directed.
\n\u201cThis purpose can be achieved by holding tourism awareness seminars at schools, colleges and universities,\u201d he said.
\nHe further added that, \u201cThese centres will be refurnished with modern facilities and equipment with attractive outlook with a view to portray tourism face of Pakistan.\u201d
\n\u201cWe have approached the Civil Aviation Authority to secure space for setting tourist information counters at all international airports in Pakistan,\u201d the managing director added.
\n\u201cIt is our common duty to project soft image of our country throughout the world,\u201d he said.
\nBuddhist civilisation attracts large number of tourists
\nIn Pakistan, Buddhist civilisation attracts a large number of tourists as the country is the custodian of Gandhara Buddhist civilisations and numerous holy places.
\nPakistan Tourism Development Corporation (PTDC) Managing Director Abdul Ghafoor said the significance of Buddhist civilisation remains in Pakistan which attracted a huge flow of tourists.
\nHe said over 20 million tourists visit number of places every year and the corporation was planning to adopt the productive strategies which will boost the tourism industry, he added.
\nPTDC also plans to launch an exclusive tourism channel in Pakistan, which will continuously display documentaries on nature, culture, history, archaeology and tourist attractions of Pakistan, Ghafoor said. It was also planning package tours for visitors from China, Japan, Singapore and South Korea, including trips to the Buddhist sites in Swat, Peshawar and Taxila, near Islamabad he added.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Rawalpindi: Pakistan Tourism Development Corporation Managing Director Chaudhry Abdul Ghafoor has said that tourist information centres will be restructured for a modern and dynamic outlook with extensive face uplift. Chairing a meeting with senior management of Pakistan Tourism Development Corporation (PTDC), he directed that, \u201cAll the officers and incharges posted in PTDC\u2019s 13 tourist information […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":8756,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-8738","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-business"},"yoast_head":"\n