World Tourism Forum 2021 to be held in Pakistan

ISLAMABAD: Special Assistant to the Prime Minister on Human Resource Development Zulfikar Bukhari has announced that the World Tourism Forum 2021 will be held in Pakistan.

Zulfikar Bukhari while confirming the news on a private channel said that over 1,000 foreign visitors will attend a five-day event that will be held in 2021 in Pakistan. “The World Tourism Forum will have three days for a conference and two days for tourism,” he said.

The event was scheduled for this year, however, it was delayed until next year due to the coronavirus pandemic. Zulfi Bukhari further announced that over 32 new three stars and five stars hotels will be constructed in the country in the next two years.

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He added that in this regard that the government will renovate Pakistan Tourism Development Corporation (PTDC) buildings and motels across the country in order to promote tourism. The overseas minister said that the government had closed down Pakistan Tourism Development Corporation (PTDC) operations in a bid to restructure it.

He said that the prime minister was pursuing tourism promotion agenda in Pakistan as it had tremendous potential in the tourism sector.