10,000 Scandinavian tourists to visit Khyber Pukhtunkhuwa

[tor_khan]

Almost every single aspect of Pakistan beyond 5 years is not only bright but super duper bright

Points for optimism, despite my belief that some of this you say just to make yourself feel better.

Most adventure tourists who want the hustle-bustle of South Asia, the food, colours, culture, sightseeing and history would choose India over Pakistan.

[Da Bannu Mazdigar]

Points for optimism, despite my belief that some of this you say just to make yourself feel better.

Most adventure tourists who want the hustle-bustle of South Asia, the food, colours, culture, sightseeing and history would choose India over Pakistan.

Indeed they do because we are not in competition with them(india) over tourism.


Something backed by source's can't be called optimism.Anyway the 2nd last post of your sum up everything

[Da Bannu Mazdigar]

I live in Islamabad and I visit the Serena regularly. There are no tourists !!!

Only diplomats from the Diplomatic Enclave near Parliamentary Avenue who only roam around in Kohsar Market due to security threat and foreign journalists/spies restricted to Serena and the Marriot.


Please do not make statements from ur *ss. I am sure sitting in Bannu, you have no knowledge of what goes on in Islamabad. Probably do not know that there are underground parties where you get alcohol etc Do not know that the best foreign goods you get in Shams. The best Haircuts by Tariq Ameen or Michael. etc etc

lol,last week i saw german tourists in abbottabad though they had a proper security in abbottabad.

You must be a blind to not see foriegn tourists in Islamabad

[Shehbaz Khan]

Most 'tourists' to Pakistan I believe are folk with family ties or disaffected teenagers from the Midlands whose next stop is Iraq. That is not spelled 'tourist'. It's 'terrorist'.

Too much Pessimist when it comes to Pakistan. Remember the guy Mohannad Andulisian here on this vary same forum, he visited Pakistan twice. Want pics? And yes he didn't have family ties here neither was he a terrorist.

[Da Bannu Mazdigar]

I have seen foriegn tourist even in dera ismail khan.Have seen them in peshawar and alot in abbottabad.

Hell random tourist into Pakistan videos can be found on vimeo(related to the karakoram route and mountains).

As the Terrorist activities has come to halt in Pakistan,Expect Sri lankan sort of foriegn tourist inflow into Pakistan

incredible PAKISTAN !! Karakoram HeliSki 2013! Tourism Pakistan! - YouTube

[Karachi]

Europeans have always wanted to visit northern parts

Hardly anyone wants to go southern areas

[HalloIsBack]

lol,last week i saw german tourists in abbottabad though they had a proper security in abbottabad.

You must be a blind to not see foriegn tourists in Islamabad

tourists with proper security?
i guess they were government worker or ngo worker

[Da Bannu Mazdigar]

tourists with proper security?
i guess they were government worker or ngo worker

Because they are required to take security from the state.

[HalloIsBack]

Because they are required to take security from the state.

every tourist is required to take security from state?
who pay the security?
i cannot find anything about it in german page of federal foreign office

http://www.auswaertiges-amt.de/DE/Aussenpolitik/Laender/Laenderinfos/01-Nodes_Uebersichtsseiten/Pakistan_node.html

[Pakwatan]

Europeans have always wanted to visit northern parts

Hardly anyone wants to go southern areas

LOL.

I have seen more white people in Karachi than any other city in Pakistan. Your generalization is wrong.

[Shehbaz Khan]

^ Let's meet up in F6 someday? Shall we? Coming Sunday? We can go out to see some tourists that you have missed so far while living in Islamabad?

[Shehbaz Khan]

Time?

[Da Bannu Mazdigar]

6.8Million tourists visited india last year(Initially i thought india get tourists in excess of 100Million)

So with all this terrorism,Even 1Million is not a bad number for Pakistan

[Da Bannu Mazdigar]

1 million lol !!!

Its like when Israel says that Hamas are the real terrorists, thats how absurd this figure sounds.

"Nwar pa dwa goto na patigi" !

rozay khrap kara ye,niswar waswaas kho nawi?

[Da Bannu Mazdigar]

the revenue must be in excess of 1.5Billion dollars now

The latest value for International tourism, receipts (current US$) in Pakistan was $998,000,000 as of 2010. Over the past 15 years, the value for this indicator has fluctuated between $998,000,000 in 2010 and $492,000,000 in 1999.

Definition: International tourism receipts are expenditures by international inbound visitors, including payments to national carriers for international transport. These receipts include any other prepayment made for goods or services received in the destination country. They also may include receipts from same-day visitors, except when these are important enough to justify separate classification. For some countries they do not include receipts for passenger transport items. Data are in current U.S. dollars.

Source: World Tourism Organization, Yearbook of Tourism Statistics, Compendium of Tourism Statistics and data files.

http://www.indexmundi.com/facts/pakistan/international-tourism