ISLAMABAD, Mar 14 (APP):Pakistan arts and crafts were showcased at one of the world’s biggest tourism fair titled “Salon Mondial du Tourism” which kicked off in Paris from Thursday (March 14.
The beauty of Pakistan, splendor of its landscapes, richness of its history, diversity of its culture, hospitality of its people, flavors of its cuisine and luster of its arts and crafts were displayed in the fair scheduled to end on March 17, a press received here said.
For the first time, the Embassy has setup a Pakistani Pavilion at the fair, with participation and support from Tourism Departments of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa and Gilgit-Baltistan.
The Pakistan Pavilion provided useful information to the visitors about tourism opportunities in Pakistan and as well various tour packages being offered by the French and Pakistani tour operators.
Speaking at the occasion, Ambassador of Pakistan to France Moin ul Haque who also inaugurated the Pakistan pavilion said the Embassy has taken a number of concrete steps to introduce touristic opportunities of Pakistan to the French and European tourists which included launching of dynamic tourism website in French Language, sending top French tour operators to Pakistan last year, organization of an International Conference in mountains of Pakistan and setting up of a tourism booth and a tourism office in the Embassy.
He said as result of these initiatives, the Pakistan tour packages offered by the French tour operators for the year 2019 are fully sold and keeping
in view the increasing demand, french tour operators were diversifying their packages to Pakistan.
The Ambassador said the current decision of the government to give visa on arrival and online visa facilities to the citizens of large number of countries including France is an excellent policy decision and will help in giving much needed boost to the emerging tourism industry of Pakistan.
Pakistan arts, crafts displayed at Fair in Paris
