Tourism conference to start on Jan 29

Islamabad: Pakistan Tourism Development Corporation (PTDC) has finalised all arrangements to hold three-day international conference on tourism from January 29 to 31 in federal capital under the auspices of World Tourism Organisation (WTO). The conference would be attended by around 150 countries, Managing Director, (MD) Chaudhary Abdul Ghafoor said. Secretary General WTO would also visit Pakistan next year. The conference would be a great achievement and would help promote soft image of Pakistan in the world, he added. He said, PTDC was keen to promote tourism, strengthen the position of PTDC and to make performance of the corporation a role model. Tourism activities in the country were gaining momentum and foreign tourist arrivals were also gradually increasing, he said.