MUSCAT: Oman budget carrier SalamAir has announced plans to launch direct flights from Muscat to Phuket, one of the world’s finest tourist destinations. Scheduled to commence from December 24, the new link will initially operate three times a week on Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday, departing Muscat at 4:00 local time and arriving in Phuket at 13:00 local time. The flight will depart Phuket at 13:45 local time arriving in Muscat at 17:15 local time. With the launch of Phuket direct services, SalamAir has entered Thailand, a popular destination among passengers from the sultanate of Oman. Captain Mohamed Ahmed, CEO of…
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PESHAWAR: The musical band, Khumariyaan, mesmerized the audience with traditional rabab and instrumental music at Musical Night on Friday. Organised by the Tourism Corporation Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (TCKP) at the Peshawar Services Club for womenfolk, over 2,000 women turned up to the musical show and enjoyed the event to the fullest. The audience welcomed the holding of musical night for women and urged the organizers to arrange such events in future too so they do not go to other cities for entertainment. Besides traditional music, Khumariyaan, also played other styles and received applause from the audience. Khumariyaan is a Pashto music…
PESHAWAR: A large number of visitors, including locals and foreigners, on Monday thronged the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Pavilion to have a glimpse of cultural and traditional handicrafts displayed at the Dawn Lifestyle Expo in Islamabad. The visitors evinced keen interest in the tourism potential including scenic places, archaeological and heritage sites and cultural and traditional handicrafts. Visiting the KP Pavilion, the foreigners laid down their views about the traditional foods, cultural and traditional handicrafts and music in the visitors’ book. They lauded the KP Tourism Department for its strenuous endeavours for promoting tourism, local culture and soft image of the province.…
PESHAWAR: The Kalasha winter festival, Chawmoss is being celebrated with religious zeal and zest as the children collected twigs and branches of pine trees and made bonfire to participate in the high flame and smoke competitions on Tuesday. Began on December 7 and to be continued till 22th of the current month, the phase of bonfire competitions in the Chawmoss festival completed in which a number of children participated. The children gathered at their sacred place, collected twigs and branches of pine trees and made bonfire to show skills in making high flames and smoke. Making high flames and smoke…
MUSCAT: Oman Air and Air Italy have entered into a codeshare partnership to offer customers enhanced connectivity between the sultanate of Oman and seven major destinations in Italy. Under the agreement, Air Italy’s “IG” code will be placed on Oman Air’s flights between Milan Malpensa and Muscat. At the same time Oman Air will put its “WY” code on Air Italy flights between Milan Malpensa and Rome Fiumicino, Naples, Cagliari (Sardinia), Palermo and Catania (Sicily), and Lamezia Terme (Calabria). Additionally, as a next step Oman Air’s code will also be added to Air Italy’s Milan-New York and Milan-Miami flights, subject…
ISLAMABAD: A study commissioned by the World Bank has identified 23 selected tourist sites across the province of Punjab to delineate the engagement of youth and women in the tourism sector who remain under-represented in most economic activities and policy thinking. The World Bank has been engaged by the Punjab government to provide technical and financial assistance in catalysing tourism’s growth multiplier in the province. This support has been launched through the bank-assisted Punjab Tourism for Economic Growth project. The identified sites were: Derawar Fort (Bahawalpur), shrine of Hazrat Syed Ahmed Sultan Sakhi Sarwar (Dera Ghazi Khan), Fort Munro (D.G.…
ISLAMABAD: As many as 200,000 Pakistanis will perform the sacred religious ceremony of Hajj next year following the agreement signed between Pakistan and Saudi Arabia, said Minister for Religious Affairs and Interfaith Harmony Noorul Haq Qadri, ARY News reported. The Hajj Agreement 2020 to this effect was inked between Pakistan and Saudi Arabia at the Saudi Ministry of Hajj and Umrah here on Wednesday. Minister of Religious Affairs and Interfaith Harmony Pir Noorul Haq Qadri and his Saudi counterpart signed the agreement in Saudi Arabia on behalf of their respective countries. The Pakistani delegation was led by Noor-ul-Haq Qadri. Matters…
MONTREAL: The International Air Transport Association has announced the entry into force on 1st January 2020, of Montreal Protocol 2014 (MP14) to tackle unruly passengers. MP14 enhances the capacity of states to curb the escalation in the severity and frequency of unruly behavior on board aircraft. This follows the Nov. 26, 2019 ratification of MP14 by Nigeria, the 22nd state to do so. MP14, properly named the Protocol to Amend the Convention on Offences and Certain Other Acts Committed on Board Aircraft, is a global treaty that strengthens the powers of states to prosecute unruly passengers. It closes a legal…
LAHORE: As per the vision of Prime Minister of Pakistan, Heritage buildings like State Guest House, Governor House Lahore and Murree have been opened for the general public. In the next step as per the directions of Govt. of Punjab, TDCP has started 03 weeks Tourist Guide Training Course at TDCP-Institute of Tourism & Hotel Management, Lahore Campus. More than 20 best individuals are selected for the 1st course. The course is being offered free of cost to the participants by TDCP. After completion of this course, successful trainees will conduct guided tour at Governor House, Lahore in particular and…
ISLAMABAD: PM Imran Khan prime minister reiterates his government’s commitment to utilizing tourism as revenue generator. Greater coordination between the federal and provincial governments is essential to fully capitalize on Pakistan’s tourism potential, Prime Minister Imran Khan said on Thursday. Chairing a meeting on how best to promote tourism to the country, Khan said a single body should be formed to supervise the renovation of existing tourist infrastructure. He also urged the participants to focus on developing tourism nationwide, as focusing on Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa and the country’s northern areas came with seasonal constraints. He echoed his government’s commitment to “religious tourism,”…