tourism

Pakistani climber urges govt to improve infrastructure available for mountaineers

Gilgit is what it has always been — a way-station

‘Besides promoting tourism, spending a night in jail could educate people on how tough life is behind bars’

The problem now is there are insufficient rooms at budget level to cater to the average middle-class Pakistani tourist

China has burgeoning and increasingly prosperous middle class that is travelling abroad in great numbers

The minister's comments have been widely rapped

Swat Motorway is said to connect many districts

Selfie obsession has caused fatalities in parts of the country in the recent months

Flora, fauna suffer as garbage is dumped onto grounds

Museum will showcase stories about Pakistan using different archival sources

The plan is currently being reviewed and is likely to be implemented in the next six months

More than two million visitors now head to the tiny Indian Ocean island every year

American backpacker John Milton recently makes a journey to the war-ravaged country -- for a holiday

After eight years the cable car opens to public bringing back old memories

Pakistan as a destination has a huge amount to offer and is depressingly bad at marketing its wares

France is the world's top tourist destination and the tourism sector accounts for around nine percent of GDP

Top cities for travel in 2016

After several years of stagnation, the tourism industry in Pakistan is on the way up again

Lack of proper roads, uneven bridges displease tourists

Tensions escalated when contractors were stopped from collecting levies from tourists

Some were sold petrol for as high as Rs500 per litre

The Boeing 737-800 plane, flying from Moscow's Vnukovo airport, was carrying 189 tourists, NTV television said.

Nineteen foreigners were among the 45 people killed at Ataturk airport by suspected Islamic State militants

They aim to travel across Pakistan to promote tourism

AJK Tourism Department said that it was expecting more than one million tourists to visit the region during the season

Hakodate's chamber of commerce says it has added 500 more umbrellas to the depleted stands.

Initial investigations indicated the shot was fired from a hunting rifle

Spread over 25 million square feet, Bollywood Parks will feature three theme parks and a water park

More than 250,000 patients, seeking everything from hip replacements to facelifts, are travelling to India annually

The second phase of the project will be completed by June, next year

Unravelling the mysterious trulli dwellings in Alberobello

A male stork flies thousands of miles every year to join his handicapped mate from his winter home in South Africa

Pakistan as an international tourist destination is not as far fetched an idea as it may sound

Newly hired ninjas will receive a one-year contract with monthly pay of 180,000 yen ($1,580) plus bonus

Dual weather and scenic beauty of Kashmir has a special attraction for tourists

We look at 11 incredible destinations that need to be on you travel list now!

Mashood said the provincial government was taking steps to improve infrastructure and security

How many of these destinations have you already been to?

Here is how you can leave planet Earth

Move would protect the buildings, considered holy sites by many locals

Space tourism companies are employing designs, including winged vehicles and rockets, to make space tourism a reality

Sindh culture department inaugurates weekly tour of city's District South

Tourists booked by NATCO will also be entitled for 10% discount on room charges of PTDC

Visitors from only 11 countries are not eligible for a visa on arrival in Iran

Travellers adapt to the fact that "these tragic events can happen anywhere"

A trip to Istanbul is incomplete without a visit to the burial site of Abu Ayyub al-Ansari

Tourism accounts for 10 percent of gross domestic product and accounts for one in 11 jobs, according to the UNWTO

TripAdvisor releases a list of famous cities in which tourists are most likely to fall prey to thieves

Gulf tourists are said to spend much more than others, about 150 euros per day per person in addition to hotel costs

Arrivals from Russia for 2015 dropped to 3.65 million in 2015 from around 4.5 million in the previous year