‘Punjab has untapped tourism potential’

Thailand’s Ambassador to Pakistan, Chakkird Krachaiwong, suggested on Wednesday that his country was looking forward to working with Pakistan on sustainable tourism as they have a lot of experience in it.

“We have a lot of experience in terms of tourism and would like to share it for sustainable tourism in Pakistan. We are looking forward now to working with Punjab and other provinces for it,” he said while addressing the executive body at the Multan Chamber of Commerce & Industry (MCCI).

“Tourist police can also be formed to deal with tourists because normal police did not know how to deal with them because they can only tackle robbery and other routine crimes,” he said, adding that he wanted more and more to visit Pakistan to experience for themselves the generosity and hospitality of Pakistanis.

The envoy regretted that this part of Pakistan has been represented in the eyes of international media, adding that tourists informed the country was quite different to what they had seen in the news. “I contribute some of my travel experience to Pakistan and will write an article about Multan too which will hopefully be published in Thailand too,” Chakkird maintained.

Published in The Express Tribune, January 26^th, 2023.