Written by Ch. Faisal Mahmood The snowfall marks the Beginning of the winter tourism season in the country. Tourism-related concerns are expecting to do some good business, especially those in northern area and Kashmir including Swat, as they had some bad years in the past business-wise; if not to list up other damages of terrorism in the heavenly snowcapped, our Northern Areas. Now once again, with the grace of Almighty Allah the region is fully peaceful and safe and is open for tourists. It would be much better for the region if domestic tourists give extra importance to visit our…
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JAKARTA: Indonesia stands to lose $4 billion in earnings from tourism if its worst-case scenario materializes and travel from China is disrupted for the whole year by a virus epidemic, the tourism minister said on Thursday. The main tourist destination, the holiday island of Bali, had already seen around 10,000 cancellations by the end of last month, according to the Bali Tourism Board. “We had two million (Chinese) visitors last year with an average spend of $1,400 per arrival,” Wishnutama Kusubandio told a news conference. “With the negative trend seen in tourists from other countries, the loss would be even…
ISLAMABAD: The United States has eased travel advisory for Pakistan while acknowledging that the security environment in the country has significantly improved. “Pakistan has noted the update in the US Travel Advisory, which has acknowledged that Pakistan’s security environment has improved,” said the Foreign Office in a statement. “This is a step in the right direction,” it added. According to the statement, Pakistan has made resolute efforts to enhance security throughout the country. Significant improvement in the security environment has led the United Nations to re-designate Islamabad as a family station for its personnel, it added. Recently, the United Kingdom,…
LONDON: A senior VisitBritain director says she fears for the future of its multi-million-pound GREAT marketing campaign, which has been running since 2011. Director of strategy and communication Patricia Yates says she is concerned the campaign, which is jointly funded by the Government and the private sector, will be seen as a legacy project by the current Conservative government and ‘quietly dismantled’. Speaking at this week’s UKinbound conference, Yates said: “I am really nervous about the future of GREAT. We have funding from the DCMS (Department for Culture, Media and Sport), we are hugely dependent on it, but if you…
KARACHI: Balochistan Chief Minister Jam Kamal Khan has urged the people and investors to give value to the tourist spots in the country, especially the not-so-explored beautiful tourism wonders and historical places in Balochistan. [huge_it_slider id=”510″] He was the chief guest at the seminar,‘Promotion of Tourism in Balochistan’organized by Culture, Tourism and Archives Department government of Balochistanat Karachi Marriott Hotel on Monday, February 3. While addressing the house full gathering, he spoke at length about cultural and tourism diversity in the province whereas other speakers from the private and public sectors spoke about vast potential and richness Balochistan offers in…
PESHAWAR: The three-day Galiyat Snow Festival 2020 concluded on Monday with thrilling activities including jeep and bike rallies in the scenic Nathiagali and other serene spots in Galiyat. [huge_it_slider id=”509″] Organized by the Tourism Corporation Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (TCKP) and Galiyat Development Authority (GDA), the festival showcased skiing, snow-tubing, trekking, biking, snow hiking, bonfire, tug-of-war, snow football, camping, Vlog, archery competitions, food stalls, snow cartoons, jeep and bike rallies, and other activities. Over 30 jeep racers and 25 motorcyclists took part in the rallies from Church Park in Nathiagali to Dongagali and enjoyed the race on the white snow. The racers…
KARACHI: Hashoo Group at Karachi Marriott Hotel organized a live demonstration of Chocolate making. Chef Mark, who came from Istanbul, illustrated the fine art of hand-crafted Lartisan Belgian chocolates making. He was given a warm welcome by Hashoo Group as well as the guests of the event. Chef Mark stole the show with his amazing skills in Chocolate making. [huge_it_slider id=”507″] Chef Mark has rich experience of working with leading Belgian chocolate brands, the world’s leading manufacturer of high-quality chocolate and chocolate suppliers to the best hotels and pastry shops in the world. The guests and media, tasted the premium…
BANGKOK: The Pacific Asia Travel Association (PATA) has gathered a diverse line-up of international experts at the forefront of the adventure travel industry to explore the nuances, trends, and dynamics of one of the fastest-growing tourism sectors at the upcoming PATA Adventure Travel Conference and Mart 2020 (ATCM 2020) in Kota Kinabalu, Sabah in Malaysia. The event, to be hosted by Tourism Malaysia and supported by Sabah Tourism and Malaysia Airlines, will be held at the Sutera Harbour Resort from 12-14 February with the theme ‘Ahead of the Curve: Authenticity and Sustainability in Adventure.’ “Adventure tourism is one of the…
ANKARA: Turkish Airlines has announced that it aimed to carry 78-80 million passengers in 2020, mostly on international routes. “The target is to reach 78-80 million total number of passengers carried, including 31.5-33 million on domestic routes and 46-47 million on international routes,” it said. platform. The flag carrier expects a passenger load factor of 81-82% while seeing an 8.5-10% rise in total available seat kilometers (ASK). “Capacity (ASK) increase is expected to be 7% in Turkey, 7% in Middle East, 2% in Europe, 17% in the Far East, 16% in the Americas and 10% in Africa,” the company stressed.…
Marriott International signed a record number of rooms in 2019. Deals pushed the hotel giant’s global pipeline to approximately 515,000 rooms at the end of last year. The company signed 815 agreements, representing more than 136,000 rooms, marking the seventh consecutive year of record-breaking volume of organic rooms signings. Growth was fuelled by unprecedented levels of organic rooms signed in each of the company’s international regions. During 2019, the company added 516 properties with more than 78,000 rooms in 60 countries and territories – an average of one new property every 17 hours. “With growth and loyalty as the cornerstones…