Tourism targets achieved: PTDC official

ISLAMABAD: Pakistan Tourism Development Cooperation (PTDC) has achieved its targets to promote domestic tourism in the country despite negative projection by the international media.

An official of PTDC while talking to APP said that the tourist traffic to Murree, Galiat, Ayubia, Kaghan and Swat Valley have considerably increased during 2011 and 2012, while Pakistani tourists are now visiting new destinations like Gilgit, Hunza, Fairy Meadows, Rama Lake, Chitral, Kalash and Shandur valleys as well.

Published in The Express Tribune, November 19^th, 2012.