GILGIT: Federal Minister for Kashmir Affairs and Gilgit-Baltistan Chaudhry Barjees Tahir inaugurated the four-day car rally in Sarfaranga , one of the highest cold deserts in the world located in Shigar district of Gilgit-Baltistan, last week. Over 120 drivers, including national and foreigners took part in one of the most grueling treks in the world – the Sarfaranga plain. Cultural, musical and traditional sporting events were also held. A polo match and a cultural show were presented before the start of the cold desert rally in Skardu. That was the first time a car rally was organised in the coldest…
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GERMANY: Cologne is more popular than ever as a leisure and business destination, as shown by the strong growth of its visitor numbers in the first half of this year.From January to June 2017, 1,756,377 visitors came to Cologne (an increase of 11.3 per cent) and generated 3,051,072 overnight stays in this city (an increase of 13.1 per cent). “This very positive development shows that the visitor figures in Cologne have recovered after a relatively weak 2016 and are even continuing to increase. “One attractive travel incentive in the first half of this year was the IIHF Ice Hockey World…
GILGIT: Honorable President of Pakistan, Mr. Mamnoon Hussain Arrived at Gilgit Serena Hotel accompanied by Governor Gilgit-Baltistan Mir Ghazanfar Ali Khan last week. He is seen here in the picture being warmly greeted by Acting General Manager, Mr. Abdul Karim & Front Office Manager of the Hotel Mr. Liaqat Ali Khan.
KARACHI: A good news for Italian food lovers of the city is that Italian food expert; Mr. Antonio Conforti is now Executive Chef at Marriott hotel Karachi. Italian National, Antonio was Italian Head Chef at Marriott hotel Islamabad. Graduated from the ‘Università degli Studi di Salerno’, highly experienced and senior chef, Antonio earlier worked as Executive Corporate Chef at Habitat Hotels Group Jeddah, Executive Chef at Ramada Al-khobar, Executive Sous-Chef at Sheraton-Doha & Executive Chef at Imperial Casinos Bucharest Rumenia & Executive Chef at Mezzaluna Group Brazil. His cooking and management skill is unparallel and he is considered expert cook…
WRITTEN BY CH. FAISAL MEHMOOD As we earlier wrote, the Tourism industry worldwide has been developing faster and deeper since the turn of the present century. Not only have the very concept of Tourist Products obtained new meanings, the various sectors serving those products have also acquired different profiles and different dynamics. Historical and archaeological products, which previously sufficed for marketing of destinations, are now considered ‘static products’; rendering them unsalable, except with activities contrived around them. The current ‘in thing’ for attracting tourists is what experts call ‘Contrived Products’. Changes in the transportation sector have been the more visible…
KARACHI: The Pakistan International Airlines (PIA) is starting direct flights between Karachi and Najaf, Iraq from September 14, 2017 sated PIA Chief Nayyar Hayat on Thursday, 24 August. The soft launch of flight was held at PIA Head Office on the finalization of flight operations. The tickets are available for sale effective from Wednesday 23 August 2017. PIA will provide check-in for passengers traveling from major cities of Pakistan. CEO PIA, Nayyar Hayat while sharing his views on the commencementof flights to Najaf said that it is yet another first in the long list of achievements. Mr. Nayyar said that…
DUBAI: Shisha, or hookah, a tobacco that one smokes through a water pipe and many tourists and locals enjoy smoking, will not cost double in restaurants across Dubai despite being a tobacco product covered by the new tax, according to latest report. The Ministry of Finance has announced that the 100 per cent tax on tobacco products and their derivatives would come into effect on October 1. “The final price that a customer in a restaurant pays for shisha will not double. The restaurant will have to pay double the wholesale price for its supplies of tobacco, but the final…
BEIJING: Air China Limited has become the Official Partner of the Beijing Organising Committee for the 2022 Olympic and Paralympic Winter Games on August 23, 2017. Chen Jining, acting Mayor of Beijing and Executive President of Beijing 2022, attended the signing ceremony in Beijing. Zhang Jiandong, deputy Mayor of Beijing and Vice Executive President of Beijing 2022, and Song Zhiyong, President of Air China Limited, signed the partnership agreement. “Beijing 2022 Olympic and Paralympic Winter Games are a major landmark event in China’s history. Air China will bring its own strengths into play and mobilize its resources to spread Olympic…
NEW YORK: Travel marketing has gone digital and mobile. And when travel shoppers engage with ads and website content on their smartphones, they book. According to new data from US tracking firm Dialogtech, 44 per cent of people who book travel on their smartphones do so by calling. Travel marketers have a unique opportunity to reach travellers by taking ownership of the call channel to drive more bookings and increase ROI. In this infographic from Dialogtech you can discover how travel shoppers do their research, and six strategies to drive more revenue from digital when you combine it with another…
NEW DELHI: India has registered a growth of over 15 percent in foreign tourist arrivals from January to July this year, with many happily opting for easy e-visa facility. The highest number of tourists arrived from Bangladesh, 20.12 percent of the total, followed by the US, 16.26 percent, the UK, 10.88 percent and France, 3.01 percent, the tourism ministry of India said in a statement on Wednesday, 23 August. Foreign Tourist Arrivals (FTAs) from January to July, 2017, were 567.4 million, recording a growth of 15.7 per cent as compared to 49.03 lakh in the corresponding period last year, it…