Steps taken to ensure safe tourism: SACM

LAHORE:Special Assistant to Chief Minister Punjab on Information and The Punjab government’s spokesperson Hasaan Khawar on Wednesday said the government was introducing revolutionary steps to provide safe tourism opportunities to future generations and keep incidents like Murree at bay.

Addressing an awareness seminar on tourism at Government College for Women Gulberg, he said that Pakistan and especially Punjab presented unique features in terms of tourism as compared to most of the tourist destinations around the world. However, it was unfortunate that our share in the tourism sector was only 0.1 percent when compared to the global market worth nine trillion dollars.

“We are working to restore the confidence of tourists by removing the shortcomings of the tourism sector,” he said. He maintained that in the past, TDCP was considered a symbol of high standards, adding that the PTI government was striving to restore that lost status. Hasaan Khawar said that in order to promote tourism, the private sector was being mobilised and infrastructure was being improved, adding that promotion of tourism was the vision and mission of the present government.