‘Keep winter fests eco-friendly’
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ISLAMABAD:
Experts on Sunday urged for an inclusive and integrated winter sports strategy to attract tourism towards northern areas of the country.
Environment and climate change should remain the main concern while devising any sports events for the winter season, experts said at a webinar.
It is the hibernation and mating time for wildlife while massive human activities would disturb their lifecycle, they said at the webinar organised by the Development Communications Network (Devcom-Pakistan) and DTN to brainstorm on “Winter Sports – Scope, Opportunities and Challenges”.
The experts also showed their concerns on what they called was ‘the unwise decisions’ of the Gilgit-Baltistan government to open Deosai National Park for a sports festival in March this year.
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Lack of planning badly affected tourism industry: PM
Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa government and World Bank sign an agreement on ecotourism
Prime Minister Imran Khan addresses the launching and partnership signing ceremony of TRAVEL RESPONSIBLY FOR EXPEREINCING ECO TOURISM (TREK) in Islamabad on December 11, 2020.
While underlining the need for protection and preservation of environment in Pakistan, Prime Minister Imran Khan on Friday said that unplanned tourism has badly affected many tourist spots in the country, according to
He said this while addressing a ceremony in Islamabad after witnessing an agreement signed between Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa (K-P) government and World Bank on ecotourism.
The premier emphasised that the model of development of tourist resorts should benefit the local population which would provide opportunities to earn livelihood to them. It will make our tourism sector sustainable and help in preserving the tourist spots, he added.