ISLAMABAD: Minister of State for Information and Broadcasting Marriyum Aurangzeb has said that tourism, sports and cultural activities are witnessing an upsurge due to improved security situation over the last four years. Addressing a seminar on “Bio Diversity and Sustainable Tourism” in Islamabad today, she said there is a deep connect between ecosystem and tourism. She said many countries including India, Malaysia and United Kingdom are using the nature to attract maximum tourism. She said national parks in these countries have helped development of their tourism sector. The Minister said Pakistan has a very rich and diverse landscape which can…
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LAHORE: TDCP has accorded the vision of Punjab Government in promoting tourism and its socio-economic benefits to the society. In this connection, recently TDCP encouraged private sector to join hands to develop the skill of the youth in order to meet the requirements of capacity building and subsequent employment. An international food chain (McDonalds) principally agreed to provide internship facilities and temporary jobs likely to be confirmed on performance basis to the students of Diplomas & Culinary Art Certificates of TDCP-Institute of Tourism & Hotel Management (ITHM). A formal MoU was signed on Friday, 26 May. The MoU signing ceremony…
KHAIRPUR: Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) signed between Shah Abdul Latif University, Endowment Fund Trust for Preservation of the Heritage of Sindh, University at Pompeu Fabra, Spain and Japanese Centre for South Asian Cultural Heritage (JCSACH), Tokyo, Japan at Shah Abdul Latif University, Khairpur last week. Prof. Dr. Parveen Shah, Vice Chancellor, Shah Abdul Latif University, Khairpur and Mr. Atsushi Noguchi, Director-cum-Secretary General, JCSACH signed the MoU. The purposes of this MoU are to develop academic and educational cooperation and to promote mutual understanding between Pakistan, Spain and Japan, develop collaborative research projects in the board areas of archaeology, cultural heritage…
RAWALPINDI: First Pakistani woman tourist on motorbike concluded here 22-days journey to different parts of KP and reached Islamabad. Her journey was sponsored by PTDC on special instructions of its Managing Director PTDC Ch. Abdul Ghafoor Khan. While addressing a press conference, Gul Afshan Tariq said that Pakistan is one of the beautiful countries of the World. Out of 14 highest peaks in the world 5 lie in Pakistan including K-2 the second highest peak in the world which is a challenge for mountaineers. Pakistan has a huge treasure of ancient civilizations like Indus Valley and Gandhara civilizations. Now the…
KARACHI: Mother’s Day is a celebration of bond of love and affection between a mother and a child and it celebrates the spirit of motherhood. At Nadia, Karachi Marriott hotel arranged special mother’s day brunch. All the mothers who were present with their loved ones at Nadia were given special presents and the whole lobby and Nadia echoed with songs expressing love & affection for all the mothers. [huge_it_slider id=”40″]
KARACHI: As a part of Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) initiatives, PIA arranged a trip of a group of terminally ill children from Make a Wish Foundation Pakistan tothe city of Lahore. These Children flew on a PIA flight from Karachi to Lahore and were warmly welcomed and greeted by PIA Officialsboth at Karachi and Lahore Airports. The group was accompanied by PIA and Make Wish Foundation officials during their tour of Lahore City. The children thoroughly enjoyed their trip with all possible amenities,care and friendliness. They had an exciting andunforgettable time in Lahore. [huge_it_slider id=”39″] The children weregiven a tour…
LONDON: Around 2,000 beacons have been installed across Gatwick Airport’s two terminals providing an indoor navigation system that is much more reliable than GPS and that enables augmented reality way finding for passengers – a world first for an airport. Sometime weak satellite signals makes road-based navigation systems, such as Google or Apple maps unreliable indoors, so Gatwick has deployed a beacon based positioning system to enable reliable ‘blue dot’ on indoor maps, which in time can be used within a range of mobile airport, airline or third party apps. The beacon system also enables an augmented reality way finding…
HAMBURG: Employees from Etihad Airways and Airbus gathered at the European plane-maker’s Hamburg Finkenwerder plant in Germany, where the aircraft was officially handed over to the UAE national airline before commencing its delivery flight to Abu Dhabi, on 25 May. The airline’s award-winning double-decker A380s are the most customised aircraft of their kind in commercial service and feature unique innovations such as The Residence, a three-room living space for up to two guests, including a living room, a private shower-room, and a bedroom. The aircraft also boasts nine First Apartments, 70 Business Studios, a Lobby Lounge, and 415 Economy Smart…
NEGOMBO: The Pacific Asia Travel Association (PATA) has presented a series of awards in recognition of contributions made to the responsible development of travel and tourism in the Asia Pacific region. The following awards were presented during the PATA Annual Summit 2017 in Negombo, Sri Lanka: PATA Life Member, PATA Award of Merit, PATA Chairman’s Award, and PATA Face of the Future Award, a PATA Certificate of Appreciation, and the PATA Honorary Membership Award. “PATA understands that the success of any destination is dependent upon it people. Therefore it is only appropriate that we take the time to recognise some…
WASHINGTON: The US Department of the Treasury is reviewing licenses for Boeing Co. and Airbus to sell aircrafts to Iran, while it will do its best to impose additional sanctions on Tehran. [huge_it_slider id=”38″] Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin made the comments before a House of Representatives panel Wednesday. “We will use everything within our power to put additional sanctions on Iran, Syria and North Korea to protect American lives,” he told members of the House Ways and Means Committee. “I can assure you that’s a big focus of mine and I discuss it with the president,” Mnuchin told lawmakers. Most…