KP govt completing tourism and culture projects: CM’s aide

PESHAWAR: The Khyber Pakhtunkhwa government has directed the relevant officials to ensure early completion of all ongoing projects under the Tourism, Culture and Archeology Department.

A handout said that Adviser to Chief Minister on Tourism, Culture and Archeology Zahid Chanzeb said this during his visit to the Provincial Tourism and Culture Secretariat in Peshawar where he received a briefing.

During the visit, he held an introductory meeting with the tourism officers and learned about the various sections of the department.

Speaking on the occasion, he said that the government had decided to transform the archeological sites, ruins, museums and religious places in the province as per the requirements of the modern era, initiate its digital marketing, provide more facilities to the visitors and prepare documentaries in the languages and cultures of the respective countries. He said that it had been decided to launch an all-out campaign to spread such documentaries among the people.

Addressing the meeting, he urged the officers to work with a renewed spirit of national reconstruction in view of the various challenges being faced by the province and focus on achieving the goals.

He said that tourism and culture officers should work with the field staff for obtaining better results so that they could be aware of the ground realities of their respective fields.

He said development schemes should not be delayed, while in case of unavoidable situations, financial or administrative difficulties should be directly brought to his notice so as to ensure its timely resolution at the highest level.

Zahid Chanzeb directed the officials that apart from timely completion of the schemes launched with foreign loans, transparent use of the funds should be ensured so that the desired results and income from the development schemes start soon by the time of repayment of these loans.

He directed the authorities to start providing additional facilities to the tourists, especially the arrangement of washrooms at suitable places at all tourist destinations in wake of the ensuing season of tourism.

He emphasized the need for digital marketing of all archeological sites including Gandhara civilization, Buddhist and Sikh places of worship and for this purpose. He asked for hiring services of known TikTokers and bloggers.