PESHAWAR: Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Governor Iqbal Zafar Jhagrra has said that tourism sector is adjudged as major source of economic development across the world and even it is playing a lead role towards economic uplift of respective people in many countries.
In Pakistan too, the tourism sector remained a visible contributor for earning foreign exchange in the past but lately law and order problems caused difficulties in this connection, he said while addressing the inaugural ceremony of a standard hotel at Naran in Kaghan Valley on Saturday. Federal Minister for Religious Affairs and the Minority Cohesion Sardar Muhammad Yousaf and MNA Tehmina Daultana were also present on this occasion besides a large number of entrepreneurs from hostel industry, tour operators and the local people.
The governor while appreciating the promotion of quality hostelling facilities in the area said, “It is the most important factor required to encourage and facilitate the tourists and through which they are enabled to enjoy the scenic beauty of the area.” Indeed, the northern areas of Pakistan attract a large number of tourists every year and their further development will add more attractions to tourists and a big contribution to the national exchequer, he said. Definitely, it will prove a big source of generating employment opportunities in future too.
“I am also aware of the establishment of Kaghan Development Authority and indeed this institution of vital importance for ensuring proper utilization of available potentials deserves to be fully functionalised,” he said. In fact, the Naran township, being famous tourism resort carries great importance on many counts and its importance will be further enhanced, he said.
Talking on various points raised by the tour operators and the entrepreneurs, he said, Pakistan is blessed by nature with vast fertile lands and the areas having tremendous potentials for tourism development and there exists every possibility for making value addition of each and every available potential enabling it to stand amongst the economically developed nations of the world. He also assured them to contact the respective quarters and resolve their specific difficulties as pinpointed on this occasion.
