Peshawar: The Pakistan government has decided to celebrate 2007 as the “Visit Pakistan Year” in a bid to attract foreign tourists and promote the country’s tourism industry, the country’s Tourism Minister Dr Ghazi Gulab Jamal said.The country is also mulling to open the route that Alexander the Great used during his invasion of sub-continent.
The federal tourism ministry has planned a number of events to further boost and attract domestic as well as international tourists to visit and explore the inspiring tourism sites of the country, The News quoted Jamal as saying in an interview with a news agency.
He that said Pakistan was gifted with rich cultural and natural beauty, which was a great source of inspiration for the foreign tourist to visit and explore it.
As tourism had become an industry, it needed more attention towards its promotion to make it a productive tool in the development of national economy, the minister said while stressing on the need on the role of local community in improving the industry by extending visitors maximum care and love.
According to the minister, establishing skiing resort in the northern areas, Ghandara week and Sufi festivals were the major events planned to attract local and foreign tourists.