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LAHORE: Punjab Chief Minister Muhammad Shehbaz Sharif has said the promotion of tourism will put the country on the road to progress and prosperity.
In his message on International Day of Tourism, the chief minister said the industry helped increase human knowledge and enhance intellectual capacities. “There is a tremendous potential of growth and progress in the tourism sector in Pakistan and new opportunities of employment and income can be created by promoting tourism at the grass-roots level.”
He said the purpose of celebrating International Day of Tourism was to search for new tourist spots, preservation of heritage along with protection of tourists and provision of basic facilities in the tourist areas.
He said that Pakistan was included in the list of countries which were rich with natural beauty and also had opportunities of “religious tourism” along with the presence of historical monuments.
Published in The Express Tribune, September 27th, 2017.
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