Pakistan’s Tourism Just Increased By 300% Due To The Country’s Bettering Security Conditions!

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For years, Pakistan was known for its beautiful landscapes and scenic panoramas that exist in different parts of the country. However, ever since 2002, after 9/11, the country’s tourism industry stooped to an all-time low, due to the below-par security conditions.

However, after years, good news has returned as there is a 300% increase in the country’s tourism after betterment of security conditions. The number of tourists increased to 1.75 million in 2017, boosting a 300% increment in traveling.

As per the country’s top hotel-booking and tourism website, Jovago, there has been an 80-90% increase in hotel-bookings and 30% increase in domestic traveling as well. All this points towards people being carefree when they travel, regardless of the difficulties they might face. World Travel and Tourism Council (WTTC) kept Pakistan’s contribution of tourism to economy at $19.4 billion last year or 6.9% of gross domestic product. In a decade, the WTTC expects that to rise to $36.1 billion — which would be almost a 100% increase.

Ever since 9/11, the country’s tribal belts had been aloof to tourism, including Swat, Kalam, Bahrain, Mingora and other places. The same could be said about Balochistan, where due to lack of security, people preferred not traveling to distant hot-spots that include Moola Chotok, Khuzdar, Pir Ghaib in Bolan, and Pir Chatta Noorani in Jhal Magsi, Gandhawa.

However, the government has not done as promised for tourism, especially in Balochistan. When the PML-N Chief Minister Sanaullah Zehri came into power, he promised an electric-chairlift project for Ziarat, which never kicked off. False promises like these lead to people loosing their faith in the government and lack of promotion for tourist activities.

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