PESHAWAR: All is set to handover the properties of Pakistan Tourism Development Corporation (PTDC) in Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa to the provincial government in an effort to promote tourism in the province.
According to an official statement, both the provincial and federal governments have agreed to the outline of handover of the PTDC properties to the province with the aim of promoting tourism.
This was revealed during a briefing given to the KP Chief Minister Mahmood Khan on Monday, March 2, over the arrangements being made by provincial tourism department for promoting tourism in the province.
The meeting was informed that the provincial government had approved an amount of Rs360 million for the human resource liabilities of the PTDC and another amount of Rs250 million as contribution to its endowment fund.
The participants were further informed that an Integrated Tourism Management Plan, 2020 has been prepared to attract local and foreign tourists to the newly identified tourists’ destinations of KP in the upcoming season.
Special Assistant to Prime Minister of Pakistan Syed Zulfiqar Bukhari, Provincial Ministers Taimoor Salim Jhagra and Shaukat Yousafzai, Chief Minister’s Advisor Ajmal Wazir, chief secretary Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, additional chief secretary, principal secretary to chief minister and secretary tourism attended the event.
It was also told that a Tourist Facilitation Hub had been set up at provincial level to monitor the completion of the tasks assigned to the above-mentioned departments and to receive complaints from the tourists in this regard.
The chief minister and the special assistant to the prime minister, while showing their satisfaction on the arrangements, stressed the need for a coordinated and uniform strategy for both the provincial and federal governments to promote tourism
Special Assistant to Prime Minister of Pakistan Syed Zulfiqar Bukhari, Provincial Ministers Taimoor Salim Jhagra and Shaukat Yousafzai, Chief Minister’s Advisor Ajmal Wazir, chief secretary Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, additional chief secretary, principal secretary to chief minister and secretary tourism attended the event.
