Islamabad : mTourist traffic to Galiyat has registered a marked increase of some 139 percent in December, last year as compared to the corresponding period, mainly due to improved road infrastructure and inclusive steps taken by the Kyber Pakhtunkhwa government for tourism promotion.
As many as 205, 200 local and foreign tourists have visited different valleys of Galiyat during the last month of previous year whereas only 85,600 entered the area in December, 2018, an official source in Tourism Corporation of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (TCKP) told this agency.
He said the trend was continued to prevail this year as Galiyat had hosted some 53, 400 travel enthusiasts during the first ten days of 2020 as compared to around 21, 600 in the corresponding period.