ISLAMABAD: Pakistan Tourism Development Corporation (PTDC) Managing Director Chaudhry Abdul Ghafoor has said 100 percent increase in number of domestic tourists has been witnessed during the current season as compare to last year. He said this year PTDC was expecting 50 percent increase more than last year’s 30 percent.
He said rather this year the percentage was witnessed to 60 percent, which was a 100 percent to last year’s 30 percent. PTDC had decided to initiate certain steps to facilitate tourists and enhance the revenue generation of the Corporation by taking initiatives of security provision. The step will help make the PTDC a self-sustaining organisation, he added.
He said PTDC has re-launched its summer tour packages and announced special rates for hotels, motels and resorts situated in the most tourist-attractive places in the country. PTDC achieved its targets to promote domestic tourism, he added.
He said tourist traffic to Murree, Galiyat, Ayubia, Kaghan and Swat valley have considerably increased during 2013 and 2014, while Pakistani tourists were now visiting new destinations like Gilgit, Hunza, Fairy Meadows, Rama Lake, Chitral, Kalash and Shandur valleys as well.
