TOURISM In Pakistan: nature with economy

Tourism has proved to be a very good way of earning foreign exchange. With the beautiful valleys, unmatchable mountains, historic buildings, Beautiful Mosques and castles of the kings, Pakistan is one of the places, mostly visited by foreigners for enjoyment and recreation.

Tourism in Pakistan has been improving since the last few years. A decade ago, Due to terrorist attacks and security issues, tourism was greatly decreased but in the recent previous years, better security has proved to be beneficial for tourism. Visitors from all over the world come here in their leisure time and enjoy the enchanting sceneries of nature.

Let us discuss some of the remarkable tourism places of Pakistan.

Kashmir:-

Kashmir is in the northern area of Pakistan. With its cold weather and fertile green lands, it is called a piece of Heaven on Earth. With its lakes and valleys, it is matchless and people from all over Pakistan as well as from All across the world come here in winter and enjoy the cold weather. Muzaffarabad and Pattan are the most rainy areas of Kashmir.

Murree:-

Murree is located near Islamabad, the capital of Pakistan. It has mild rainy weather during the summer but in winter the mountain tops are covered with snow and the scenes are very alluring for the visitors as the beauty of nature is at its peak. Mall Road of Murree is famous for its food stalls. There are shops by the road which is the source of earning for the people of Murree. Many people visit Murree whole year round as the weather is always pleasant. Pindi Point and Kashmir Point are the famous places of Murree from where One feels like he is above the clouds.

Lahore:-

Lahore is the capital of the province, Punjab. Lahore is the city of gardens. Lahore is one of the fastest growing cities of Pakistan with advancement in industrialization as well as tourism. With the historical buildings and gardens, Lahore is one of the most liked cities by the visitors. It is a famous saying ‘Anyone who hasn’t seen Lahore simply hasn’t lived.’

Following are the most famous places to be visited in Lahore.

- Badshahi Mosque

- Lahore Fort

- Shalimar Bagh

- Sheesh Mehal

- Minar-e-Pakistan

- Museum, Lahore

Other Places:-

- Skardu

- Hunza

- Chitral

- Harappa

- Mohenjodaro

- Karakoram Highway

- Kutan

- Karimabad

- Lake Saiful Muluk

Rankings:-

1- In 2018, The British Backpacker Society, described Pakistan as the one of the most friendly countries of the world. Pakistan was ranked as the World's Top Adventure Travel Destination.

2- In 2020, Pakistan has been ranked as the Best Holiday Destination and 3rd Highest Potential Adventure Destination.

3- According to the World Economic Forum's Travel & Tourism Competitiveness Report, Pakistan is among the top 25% of the Global Destinations for its world heritage sites.

Foreign Exchange:-

The contribution of tourism to Pakistan’s GDP in 2015 was 323 million US dollars which increased to 7.6 Billion US dollars by the year 2016 and is expected to raise up till 1 trillion Rupees by the year 2025.