{"id":15587,"date":"2020-07-06T11:46:10","date_gmt":"2020-07-06T06:46:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.vosa.tv\/?p=15587"},"modified":"2020-07-06T11:46:10","modified_gmt":"2020-07-06T06:46:10","slug":"pakistan-to-host-2021-world-tourism-forum","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.vosa.tv\/eng\/archives\/15587","title":{"rendered":"Pakistan to host 2021 World Tourism Forum"},"content":{"rendered":"

KARACHI, Pakistan<\/strong><\/p>\n

Pakistan will host the World Tourism Forum next year to tout the country’s tourism potential around the globe, especially among the countries of the D-8 (developing 8) bloc.<\/p>\n

Addressing a press conference in the capital Islamabad on Sunday, Syed Zulfikar Bukhari, the prime minister’s adviser on tourism and overseas Pakistanis, said the tourism ministers of all the D-8 member states, including Turkey, will also participate in the forum in Islamabad.<\/p>\n

The event had been scheduled for this year but was delayed until next year due to the coronavirus pandemic. Over 1,000 foreign visitors will attend the five-day event.<\/p>\n

“Pakistan has a huge tourism potential that we want to introduce to the world, especially the Muslim world,” Bukhari said, adding: “We are inviting the tourism ministers of D-8 countries, including Turkey, to learn from their experience promoting tourism.”<\/p>\n

The World Tourism Forum is an organization based in Istanbul, Turkey dedicated to developing tourism around the world with its annual meetings.<\/p>\n

Pakistan, Bukhari added, had drawn up a five-year action plan to boost its tourism, badly hit by years of terrorism in the country following events related to the 9\/11 terrorist attacks in the US.<\/p>\n

Islamabad, he added, will launch a tourism e-portal by the end of this year to better attract foreign and local tourists.<\/p>\n

From the snow-capped peaks in the north and glistening waters in the south, together with limitless opportunities to watch wildlife, sail in the mighty Indus river, and deep-sea diving in the Arabian Sea, Pakistan has a great deal to attract tourists.<\/p>\n

The northern Gilgit-Baltistan region, which borders neighboring China, is home to six peaks of over 8,000 meters (26,246 feet) tall, including the world\u2019s second-tallest peak, K2.<\/p>\n

The region also boasts over 5,000 large and small glaciers and more than 100 lakes, which jointly make up the world\u2019s largest freshwater reservoir.<\/p>\n

Eco-lovers can also witness the endangered snow leopard and brown bear, in addition to 300 species of wildlife in the breathtaking region.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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