KARACHI: The three-day single country Thailand Exhibition held at Pearl Continental hotel Karachi where 45 companies showcased their new range of products by making business deals with local distributors and dealers. The people of Karachi availed the opportunity to get direct access to the Thai products and did lot of shopping. According to organizers, a large number of people thronged to exhibition on last day. Although exhibition was aimed to build ties with local companies, dealers, agents and Thailand companies offered a small range of their products for on spot sale, but almost all products were sold out encouraging them…
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KARACHI: flydubai joined hands with Samaa 107.4 and launched an exciting “Lets Travel the World” campaign. It was aimed at creating brand awareness and to promote flydubai tourist destinations. Famous morning and evening drive shows, Samaa Rise with Adeel Azhar, Samaa Rise with Sulmeen Ansari, Lagao with Tehreem Muneeba and Samaa Club with Imran Hassan promoted this campaign along with social media posts capturing 100,000 hits. The campaign consisted of activity for the audience to register themselves and then answer few easy questions about flydubai and some general questions. The campaign has two phases. Phase one started on 15th August…
World Travel Awards has landed in St. Petersburg, as the finishing touches are put together in preparation of the Europe Gala Ceremony. The highly anticipated event will take place at the Marble Hall, Russian Museum of Ethnography this Saturday, September 30th, while the official after party will be held in the ballroom at the luxurious five-star Hotel Astoria. Established in 1993, World Travel Awards acknowledge, reward and celebrate excellence across all sectors of the tourism industry.Today, the World Travel Awards brand is recognised globally as the ultimate hallmark of quality, with winners setting the benchmark to which all others aspire.…
RAWALPINDI:The present democratic government is committed to facilitate tourists as the promotion of tourism industry would not only help to revive the economy but also remove any misperceptions about Pakistan. This was said by Federal Minister for Education and Technical Training, Engr. Baligh Ur Rehman while addressing the World Tourism Day 2017 Seminar and Photo Exhibition organized PTDC here at Rawalpindi today. He added that we working hard to improve infrastructure and facilities which will definitely increase tourist flow to the country. He said that World Tourism Day is celebrated every year on 27th September under the theme declared by…
Since 1980, the United Nations World Tourism Organization has celebrated World Tourism Day on September 27, with the fundamental aim & purpose to raise awareness on the role of tourism and to demonstrate how it affects social, cultural, political and economic values worldwide. Firstly i would definitely appreciate the team of Holiday Weekly for bringing out the supplement on the day and keeping our tourism flag high. The symbolic barrier of one billion international tourist arrivals of bigger than 1.5 trillion Dollar industry was surpassed way back in 2012. As per the latest statistics in the first six months of…
Sustainable Tourism is a bright thought for development and growth. Sustainable tourism is imagined as leading to utilization of all resources available in such a way that economic, social and aesthetic needs can be fulfilled while preserving cultural integrity, essential ecological processes, and biological diversity with security and life support systems. Tourism is responsible for one out of 11 jobs and 10% of the world’s economic output. We can reduce a good percentage of unemployment rate by sustaining the tourism in Pakistan as it would allow people to explore new opportunities in Aviation Sector. Tourism is of major importance to under…
This year World Tourism Day 2017 is being celebrated under the theme of, ‘Sustainable Tourism – a Tool for Development’. The day is being celebrated the world over to highlight tourism’s role in bringing the different cultures closer to each other, bringing peace & harmony and promoting global understanding through sustainable tourism. UNWTO is observing 2017 as the International Year for Sustainable Tourism, for that purpose the organization has launched a new campaign aimed at raising awareness of the value and contribution that sustainable tourism can make towards development. Called ‘Travel.Enjoy.Respect’, the campaign is being run in various languages and…
On behalf of all members of Pakistan Hotels Association (PHA), I would like to congratulate the entire hospitality, tourism and travel trade on this year’s World Tourism Day, globally celebrated each year on 27th September by the United Nation’s World Tourism Organization (UNWTO). As the premier and pioneer apex body of the hotel industry in Pakistan, Pakistan Hotels Association has proven its vital role and is further endeavoring to promote tourism and bring collaboration amongst its members all over Pakistan. This year the UNWTO’s chosen theme is ‘Sustainable Tourism – A Tool for Development’. It defines the kind of tourism…
The World Tourism Day celebration was started by the United Nations World Tourism Organization in the year 1980 which is celebrated every year at 27th September. This particular day was selected as at this day the laws of the UNWTO came into force in the year 1970 which is considered as the big landmark for the global tourism as it aims to aware to people about the significant role of the tourism inside the international community as well as to exhibit how the social, economic, cultural, political values are affected by it globally. Pakistan is full of breathtaking locations. If…
The International Year of Sustainable Tourism for Development (IY2017) is a watershed moment for making tourism a catalyst for positive change. As the United Nations General Assembly affirmed when announcing the adoption of the International Year, tourism can contribute to all the three dimensions of sustainable development – economic, social and environmental – and each of the 17 Sustainable Development Goals. Not only does the sector spearhead growth, it also improves the quality of people’s lives. It can bolster environmental protection, champion diverse cultural heritage, and strengthen peace in the world. To harness tourism’s impressive potential to advance sustainable development,…