Public access to govts rest houses should be ensured, directs PM
PM directed calendar of cultural festivals should be prepared keeping in view their importance
ISLAMABAD (Dunya News) – Prime Minister (PM) Imran Khan said that the public access to the government’s rest houses – public-funded buildings – should be ensured.
The prime minister stated while chairing a review meeting on the progress made so far for the promotion of tourism in Pakistan on Monday.
Imran Khan said that Pakistan was immensely blessed with the tourism potential when compared with the entire region and resolved that the government would ensure its full utilization. He further stressed that steps should be taken within the stipulated time to make Pakistan a tourists’ destination in the region which would bring investment and foreign exchange.
Instructing to identify the areas for tourism in Balochistan with a plan for their development, the prime minister observed that the coastline of Balochistan was very beautiful and full of natural beauty. “There were countless investment opportunities that should be utilized,” he stressed.
Referring to government’s rest houses, PM Khan said that not only public access to these public-funded buildings should be ensured, but also plans for their better utilization should be implemented in the earliest to facilitate tourists.
Prime Minister’s Special Assistant Dr Shahbaz Gill, Chief Minister Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Mehmood Khan, Asif Mehmood Khan Advisor to Chief Minister Punjab for Tourism, chief secretaries of all four provinces and concerned officers participated through a video link.
Stressing on the importance of tourism, the prime minister directed that the calendar of cultural festivals should be prepared keeping in view their importance, so that tourists could participate in these festivals without any hassle.
