Tourism projects ‘top priority’

PESHAWAR:

The Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa government has issued clear directives for the early completion of all ongoing projects on a priority basis under the Tourism, Culture and Archaeology Department.

Similarly, it has also been decided to transform the archaeological sites, ruins, museums and religious places in the province as per the requirements of the modern era, initiate its digital marketing, provide more facilities to the visitors and prepare documentaries in the languages and cultures of the respective countries.

It has also been decided to launch an all-out campaign to spread such documentaries among the people there through diplomatic means.

This was revealed by the Advisor to the Chief Minister on Tourism, Culture and Archaeology, Zahid Chanzeb, during his visit to the Provincial Tourism and Culture Secretariat in Peshawar.

During the visit, he held an introductory meeting with the tourism officers and learned about the various sections of the department.

Addressing the meeting held in the committee room of the department, he urged the officers to work with a renewed spirit of national reconstruction in view of the various challenges being faced by the province and to focus on achieving the goals.

He said that tourism and culture officers had to leave their offices and work side by side with the field staff for obtaining better results so that they could be aware of the ground realities of their respective fields.

Likewise, he said, development schemes should not be delayed in any way, while in case of unavoidable situations, financial or administrative difficulties should be directly brought to his notice so as to ensure its timely resolution at the highest level.

The advisor clarified that the development of tourism in the province was the vision of his party chief Imran Khan and that they were determined to realize every dream relating to national construction, development and public prosperity under the active leadership of Chief Minister Ali Amin Gandapur.

He directed that, apart from timely completion of the schemes launched with foreign loans, transparent use of the funds should also be ensured so that the desired results and income from the development schemes could start by the time of repayment of these loans.

Published in The Express Tribune, April 8^th, 2024.