Promoting peace

India and Pakistan must focus on working on areas that lead to development in both countries. The tourism sector spreads the message of peace and can pave a key road of promoting peace between India and Pakistan. Tourism is projected as an engine of economic growth and an instrument for eliminating poverty, curbing unemployment problems, opening up new fields of activity and uplifting downtrodden sections of society. In the past, tourism played an instrumental role in softening the relations between India and Pakistan leading to peace.

Pakistan has successfully strived to live up to the region’s legacy, creating important links with its age-old trading partners. Soon after their creation in 1947, India and Pakistan were healthy trading partners. India served as a market for half of Pakistan’s exports of agricultural products and minerals, and supplied a significant share of Pakistan’s imports consisting of manufactured goods. In an age of declining values, peace can remain indescribable if the values are not well propagated and communicated to society at large.

Vinod C Dixit ( Ahmedabad, India )