WRITTEN BY CH. FAISAL MAHMOOD Doubtlessly, Though Slowly but steadily our Tourism Industry is moving into a positive mode and we can look forward to accelerate its pace. We pray Almighty Allah that the unfolding future will not prove us wrong, we share this perception with other stakeholders in Pakistan Tourism, so that they and their respective trade bodies may pick up the positive elements and re-activate their promotional tools within the country and abroad. Our perception is based on the understanding that the many tourism oriented events have taken place in the different parts of Pakistan and all with…
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BEIJING: Pakistan International Airlines (PIA) has extended its current Tokyo-Beijing-Islamabad flight to Jinnah International Airport Karachi from June 29. “The management has decided to extend the present Tokyo-Beijing-Islamabad flight to Karachi keeping in view the increasing demand of passengers on this route,” a senior official of PIA said. The national flag carrier is operating two flights in a week on this route and this move would benefit those travellers who intend to go directly to the port city from China. The number of passengers from both Pakistan and China has increased manifold after the launch of China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC).…
GILGIT: Ms. Samina Baig, the renowned mountaineer, plans to lead a first Pakistani women’s expedition team to scale Everest, the world’s tallest peak, this season. Born in Shamshal valley of upper Hunza, Ms. Baig became the first Pakistani woman and third Pakistani mountaineer to climb Everest in July 2013. She is the first Pakistani woman to have climbed all the seven highest peaks in the seven continents. Samina said that Gilgit-Baltistan women had natural talent in mountaineering sport, but they lacked facilities, besides our local traditions are big hurdle. She said her main aim in mountaineering field was to empower…
ISLAMABAD: As a special treat during Ramadan, Serena Hotels entered into a promotion with Honda so people who had their Iftar at Zamana were entered into a lucky draw and given the chance to drive away in an all new BR-V. The lucky draw for the Honda BRV was held in Serena Business Complex Lawn in the evening with the management of Honda and Serena Hotels. Honorable chief guests Mr.Sheikh Amir Wahid, President of Islamabad Chamber of Commerce and Industry, Shahryar Khan, Resident Manager Islamabad Serena Hotel and Mr. Fahad CEO Honda Avenue drew the winning coupon from the ballot…
KARACHI: Summers of Karachi are incomplete without fresh and delectable mangoes. Today, this fruit has become so popular that hotels and restaurants have dedicated whole festivals around them. [huge_it_slider id=”259″] Beach Luxury celebrated the arrival of king of fruits this season with their special “اور Mango مانگو” festival offering exquisite delicacies prepared from fresh mangoes. The mango festival was inaugurated by Counsel General of Japan in Pakistan, His Excellency Mr. Toshikazu Ismoura along Mr. Grant Raubenheimer, Senior Vice President (Operation) of Avari International Hotels Group. The hotel display area was fully wreathed with colorful buntings and exhibiting a variety of…
At 14,193 km, Dubai (DXB) – Auckland (AKL) is the longest Airbus A380 non-stop flight in the world. The service, operated by Emirates, connects the airline’s home hub with New Zealand’s largest city. Emirates began the route in March 2016, originally using Boeing 777-200LR aircraft, but it was upgraded in December 2016 to an A380. Qantas’ route between Sydney (SYD) and Dallas (DFW) is the second longest at 13,802 km, followed by Dubai (DXB) – Los Angeles (LAX), which is served by Emirates and is 13,395 km by distance. The top five is completed by Dubai (DXB) – Houston (IAH)…
MONTREAL: Air Canada’s newly launched uniforms have been recognized for Best Corporate Design by the UK’s Professional Clothing Awards. It is the first time a North American company has been recognized in these highly regarded awards and it follows on two Image of the Year Awards received in March from the North American Association of Uniform Manufacturers and Distributors. Air Canada’s new uniforms were launched earlier this year. “This is a very welcome accolade for Air Canada’s new uniform collection, now proudly being worn by our employees. We are delighted their design, which projects Air Canada’s and Canadian values, is…
This year’s World Tourism Day, held on September 27, will focus on “Tourism and the Digital Transformation” the World Tourism Organization (UNWTO) announced on Wednesday. World Tourism Day has been celebrated since 1980 on September 27, the day in which the Statutes of the UNWTO entered into force. Peace and Dialogue, Energy, Accessibility, World Heritage, Water and Tourism and Sustainable Tourism have been some of the topics tackled on the 38 previous editions of World Tourism Day. Celebrations of World Tourism Day 2018 will take place in Budapest, Hungary and worldwide. The announcement of this year’s World Tourism Day theme…
KARACHI: Marking the successful conclusion of Careem’s TCF car type campaign, The Citizens Foundation (TCF) received a cheque of PKR 6.6 million from Careem in a ceremony held at Careem House on Tuesday, …….June. These funds will help TCF run the operations of almost 3 schools for an entire year. The cheque was presented by Careem’s Managing Director, Mr. Junaid Iqbal and received by the Director of The Citizen Foundation, Mrs. Bushra Afzal. The campaign was launched by Careem in Ramadan 2018 in an effort to support TCF’s mission of educating the less privileged children of Pakistan. The donated amount…
MUSCAT: SalamAir has commenced flights to two new destinations – Baku, Azerbaijan and Tbilisi, Georgia, said a report. The sultanate’s budget airline began operating flights to Baku on June 14 and to Tbilisi on June 15, the Times of Oman reported. The addition of these two new routes is expected to see an increase in tourism to the sultanate. “These direct flights are going to help tourism in the country boom,” the report cited Majid Al Qasabi, from the Department of Sales at SalamAir, as saying. He added that SalamAir was working closely with Oman’s Ministry of Tourism to liaise…