MINGORA: Dr. So Gilsu, a leading South Korean scholar and economist on Monday, 8 October said that Pakistan had unique landscape, rich cultural heritage and tremendous natural beauty to attract millions and millions of tourists from across the world, especially Buddhist Southeast Asia. The Koreans have great regard for Pakistan as the Indus flows through it and Mahayana Buddhism spread in Korea from here in the 4th century when Buddhist monk Malananda travelled from Gandhara to South Korea. Also in the 8th century, monk Hyecho travelled to Gandhara for pilgrimage and wrote a travelogue, said Dr. So Gilsu. Accompanied by…
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LONDON: Dubai Airport has been at the forefront of many engineering marvels over the years with its constant expansion and the need for more Airbus A380 stands, but the one thing the airport has always kept at the forefront of its plans is passenger happiness. Dubai is one of the few airports in the world where passengers may transit through its terminals in a simple and seamless manner. Today’s unveiling of the new passport control clearance area will continue to make the passenger flow more efficient. In August, DXB moved over 8.37 million passengers. According to local media, the new…
KARACHI: October is Breast Cancer Awareness Month. Campaigns are organized worldwide to highlight the risks associated with breast cancer and educate women about the importance of early detection. Hashoo Group collaborated with Shaukat Khanum for the second year in a row to organize a series of awareness sessions nationwide to educate the women of Hashoo Group. [huge_it_slider id=”292″] The Breast Cancer Awareness session in Karachi was held at Pearl-Continental Hotel Karachi on 10th October 2018. This was a joint event that was attended by women from both Karachi Marriott Hotel and Pearl-Continental Hotel Karachi to raise awareness about the disease.
ISLAMABAD: Minister for Information and Broadcasting Mr. Fawad Chaudhry announced on Thursday, 11 October the federal government has appointed a serving Vice Chief of the Air Staff Air Marshal Arshad Mahmood Malik as the Chairman of Pakistan International Airlines (PIA). The information minister made the announcement as he addressed the media after Prime Minister Imran Khan chaired a meeting of the federal cabinet. “PIA is in a debt of Rs406 billion,” Chaudhry further said while adding that the national carrier was facing debt of Rs2 billion every month. “Air Vice Marshal Arshad Khan, who is a serving air vice marshal,…
KARACHI: In continuation to the series of International Food Festivals, Beach Luxury Hotel, as always, with great finesse and transcendence hosted a lustrous evening for food lovers of karachiites to inaugurate a 10 day Malaysian Food Festival subsequent to the Malaysia’s participation in the Pakistan Travel Mart 2018. [huge_it_slider id=”290″] The festival was inaugurated by the Advisor to chief minister Sindh on information and archives Barrister Murtaza Wahab, along with the Consul General of Malaysia His Mr. Khairul Nazran Abd Rahman, GM, of hotel M. Azeem Qureshi and was largely attended by the top brass of government dignitaries, members from…
KARACHI: Travel Agents Association of Pakistan (TAAP) hosted a luncheon meeting at Bar.B.Q. Tonight, Clifton- Karachi in the honour of seven members delegation comprising Journalists & Tour Operators from French Republic now a days are visiting Pakistan. [huge_it_slider id=”289″] The TAAP Management warmly welcomed the visitors’ team. At invitation of TAAP, H.E. Didier Talpain, Consul General of French Republic gracious the occasion. In his welcome address Mr. Muhammad Naeem Sharif, Chairman TAAP briefed that TAAP is the National Association of Travel and Tourism Industry duly registered with Federal Commerce Ministry, Govt. of Pakistan and aims to promote goodwill, harmony and…
ISTANBUL: The Turkish Culture and Tourism Office is sponsoring two key digital events, Speed Networking and Best Digital Influencer Award at the inaugural International Travel & Tourism Awards (ITTAs). The sponsorship deals are part of a wider focus on social media for the popular tourist destination. Previously called the Bloggers’ Speed Networking, this year’s WTM London Digital Influencers’ Speed Networking event will be the biggest so far. It will see 120 leading industry digital influencers hold quick-fire business meeting with exhibitors interested in increasing their media exposure. Volkan Akgul, Director of the Turkish Culture and Tourism Office in London, said…
KARACHI: Held on Thursday 4th October and attracting an enviable guest list of both national and International exhibitors of PTM, seniors of airline, travel and hotel industry, government officials and active members of the tourism Industry. The gala dinner marked a celebratory conclusion of Pakistan Travel Mart 2018, which can easily be deemed as one of, if not the most successful travel and tourism exhibition in Pakistan. [ngg_images source=”galleries” container_ids=”15″ display_type=”photocrati-nextgen_basic_slideshow” gallery_width=”600″ gallery_height=”400″ cycle_effect=”fade” cycle_interval=”10″ show_thumbnail_link=”1″ thumbnail_link_text=”[Show thumbnails]” order_by=”sortorder” order_direction=”ASC” returns=”included” maximum_entity_count=”500″] Tourism Ministers of Punjab Raja Yasir Humayun Sarfraz, tourism Minister of Gilgit –Baltistan Fida Muhammad and Senior Minister…
KARACHI: Held in the city of lights, a colossal tourism expo, 2nd Pakistan Travel Mart (PTM) ended on Thursday, 4th October, 2018. The mart consisted of over 300 notable national and international brands of travel, airlines, hotels & tourism industry who exhibited their travel and tourism products under one roof. [huge_it_slider id=”287″] Hashoo group with unflinching faith in Pakistan Tourism Industry played a prominent role in the success of 2nd PTM by being the Hospitality partner of the Mart. Holiday Weekly, this year also proactively participated in the Expo. Mr. Sardar Ali Shah, Sindh Minister for Culture, Tourism, Antiquities and…
KARACHI: Oman’s first budget airline, SalamAir was launched in 2016 to meet the country’s rapidly increasing demand for affordable travel options and to generate further opportunities for employment and business creation within the various sectors in Oman. SalamAir recently added direct flights to Khartoum, Kathmandu, Najaf and Dhaka to its expanding network. With the addition of these new routes, Oman’s 1st low-cost carrier has recently achieved another milestone of carrying one million passengers as of 1st October 2018. SalamAir started its operations to Pakistan in 2017 and currently fly to three cities, Karachi, Multan and Sialkot with 3 flights a…