Pakistan Taking Steps To Revive Tourism

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Pakistan taking steps to revive tourism

Pakistan is considering easing visa restrictions for visitors from 55 countries.

Islamabad (Pakistan Point News – 17th January, 2019) The Pakistani government plans to ease visa policy for 55 countries to revive tourism in Pakistan.

Pakistan is considering easing visa restrictions for visitors from 55 countries.

Pakistan is trying to bring 55 countries into a visa-free region, which includes most of the European countries.

The travel advisories of Pakistan are changing as Portugal has already declared Pakistan safe for travel.

Consequent to the government's push for tourism industry and revival of peace, Pakistan's profile is going up fast with various tourism and media organizations, and travelers now figuring it among the world's top tourist destinations.

In its recently published ranking, Forbes enlisted Pakistan among "The 10 Coolest Places to Go in 2019'.

Be it is Forbes, the global media company, British Backpacker Society, solo travelers or bloggers, all believe that Pakistan is fast becoming a tourism hub.

With the changing geo-strategic situation, improvement of internal as well as regional peace and more importantly the liberalization of tourists' visa policy, Pakistan’s tourism industry will grow.

The boom of economic activity in Pakistan, particularly CPEC, is also encouraging the tourists.

Other factors attracting the tourists are the hospitable nature of Pakistan's society, mouth-watering food, architectural, cultural and archaeological allures.

As a major step forward to promote tourism, Pakistan had also announced visa-on-arrival option to group tourists from 24 countries including China, Finland, Austria, Belgium, Denmark, France, Greece, the United Kingdom, the United States and others.

All these steps will definitely revive and promote tourism in Pakistan.

Mahnoor Sheikh

The writer is News Editor, Pakistan Point. She has graduated in Mass Communication and has worked in various media houses