2. Pakistan abounds with varied terrain, exotic mountains, and
sunny beaches, ancient Indus valley civilization, Gandhara
heritage, Moghul and Islamic history, splendid seasonal
variety and diversity of cultures is a special interest tourist
destination. Its main areas of tourist attraction revolve
around trekking, mountaineering and adventure tourism in
the northern areas and cultural tourism in the Punjab and
Sindh regions. In addition to this, its rich colorful history of
invasions by various tribes and religions make it a hub for
religious tourists ranging from Sikhs, Buddhist and Hindus
as well as Muslims. Moreover, extensive coastline and desert
landscapes offers potential for safaris and beach tourism as
in neighboring countries. This Presentation aims to Show
Tourism Potential of Pakistan in both Natural and Cultural
Sector.
Introduction
6. Gorakh hills
Attractions
•Cool climate
•Undisturbed Scenic Beauty
•Species of birds and other animals
•Natural Spring Gaji Bunjo
•Kirthar National Park
Future Potentials
•Establishment as a hill station
•Rock Climbing
•Bungee Jumping
7. Attractions
• Khataji fall
• Manchar and Keenchar lake
• Beautiful man-made lakes
• Fishing
• Bird Watching
• Camping
• Boating
• Hunting
Future Potentials
• Huts and Rest houses
• Cheap Caravan rentals
Lakes
9. Attractions
• nathia gali
• Hill station
• Numerous hotels and restaurants
• Hiking
• Site Seeing
• Shopping
• Chair Lifts
• Beautiful Valleys
Murree and Gallies
10. Attractions
• Second largest salt mine in the world
• Underground train and tourist site inside mine
• Suitable for visiting in winter and summer both
• Kallar Kahar lake
Future potentials
• Resort or hill top amusement park
Khewra Salt mines
12. Naran Kaghan ValleyAttractions
• Lake Saif-ul-Muluk
• Aansoo jheel(hiking)
• Lala Zar
• Babusar pass and Lake lulusar
• Malakundi forrest
• Batakundi
• Sari Paya
• Shogran
• Balakot
• Glaciers
• Other than that numerous beautiful meadows and springs
Future Potentials
• Better Hiking programs
• More publicity
• Rafting
• Rock climbing
13. Swat ValleyAttractions
• Shangla
• Malam Jabba
• Miandam
• Ushu
• Kalam
• Utrot Gabral
• Sites include natural springs ,beautiful lakes and valleys
and a ski spot
• Gem stone and ancient coin market
Future Potential
• Security and publicity
• Proper ski resorts with other extreme sports
• Hiking and camping packages
• Reserving areas for bird watching
14. Valleys of Gilgit-Baltistan
Attraction
• Gilgit Valley,Chitral Valley, Hunza Valley and Kalasha Valley
• Skardu
• Fairy Meadows
• Nanga Parbat
• K-2
• Karakoram Highway
• Khunjerab Pass, Karakoram Pass
• Garam Chashma
• Dasu-Patan Deepest Gorge
• Camping,Hiking,Skiing,extreme sports
• Speacies of birds and other animals
Future Potentials
• Better traveling routes
• More hotels and better facilities
• Publicising festivals
15. Azad Kashmir
Attractions
• Muaffarabad
• Neelum Valley
• Jehlum Valley
• Nipa valley
• Poonch and Sudhnoti
• Bagh and Kotli
• Mirpur and Bhimber
Future Potential
• Area is quite under developed and requires construction
of
• Proper Routes
• Hotels
• Resorts
17. Balochistan Coastline
Attractions
• Unspoilt Sunny Beaches
• Gwadar, Jivani, Pasni
• Makran coastal Highway
• Freash sea fish
Future Potentials
• Proper metal roads and routes
• Tourist Facilities
• Rest Houses
• Plantation
• Resort Facilities
• Opportunities for locals to take part in tourism
promotional activities
18. Quetta and Passes
Attractions
• Hazarganji Chiltan National Park
• Variety of mammals, birds and reptiles
• Proper facilities
• Shrubs and trees of different types such as pistachios,
juniper, wild olive, barberry, wild cherry, makhi, etc
• Mueseums
• Hanna lake
• Shopping
• Ziarat
• Lak pass
• Bolan Pass
• Khojak Pass
• Harnai Pass
Future Potential
• Creating proper tourism programs
• Introducing activities for families
• development of hill station resorts as well as chairlifts at
19. Pishin Valley And
Bund Khushdil Khan
• Attractions
• Fruit Orchards
• Lake
• Duck shooting
• Fishing
• Pir Ghaib
• Water Fall
• Future Potential
• Tourist Facilities
• Proper Roads
• Huts
• Shelters
21. SindhAttractions
•Umerkot (fort)
•MirpurKhas
•Sukkur
•Ranikot fort (a wall quite similar to great wall of Chin
•Thatta
•Shah Jehan’s Mosque
•Makli
•Bhumbore
•Chokundi
Future Potential
•Construction of proper routes
•Security for tourists
•Proper rest houses and restaurants
22. Mohenjodaro and Harappa
Attractions
•Remains of one of the most remarkable civilization
•Harappa and Mohenjodaro great attractions for
Archeologists
•PTDC rest house for archeologists
•Discovery of large pool engraved seals, ornaments,
utensils, pottery weapons, figurines and toys.
•Prehistoric culture
Future Potentials:
•Construction of a museum
•Facilities to aatract tourists other than architects
•Shops hotels and Souvenirs
23. Tharparkar
Attractions
•Festivals
•Lifestyle and Culture
•Clothes and Jewellry
•Hanmade ornaments such as rilli and crockery
•Gori
•Naukot
•Nagarparkar
•Mithi
•Virawah
•Bhalwa
•Bhodisar
•Warwai
•Kasbo
•Diverse Flora and Fauna
Future potential
•Desert safari
•Development in Tourism facilities
•Water Supply
•Proper Road infrastructure
24. Khyberpakhtunkhua
Attractions
•Tarbela Dam
•Faisal Mosque (Islamabad)
•Attock Fort
•Panja Sahib HassanAbdal (SikhTemple)
•Tomb of Syed Ahmed Shaheed Barelvi Balakot
•Handicraft in northern Areas
•Gem stone Market
•Cultural Ornaments and other shopping
25. Gilgit Sports
Attractions
•Annual Polo Tournaments
•Angling
•Trekking Hiking
•Mountaineering
Future Potentials
•Construction of groundscourts for other
sports
•Increasing Participation in Polo and
publicizing it
26. Kalash Valley
Attractions
•A primitive Pagan tribe Kair Kalash whose origins
are not clearly known
•Festivals like Chilimjusht (spring), Phool
(September) and Chowa
•Traditional Clothes Music And Dances
•Hand-made Ornaments
•Local decoration pieces usually made out of coconut
shells
Future Potentials
•Promotion of culture
•Development of proper infra structure and tour
guide system
27. LahoreAttractions
•Tomb of Allama Iqbal, Jehangir, Noor Jehan, Qutub-ud-din Aibak and
Tomb of Asif Khan
• 13 Gates of Lahore including Moti Gate, Sheranwala Gate etc
•Shrine of Hz Data Ganj Bakhsh
•Badshahi Mosque, Moti Mosque, Wazir Khan’s Mosque, Sunehri Mosque
•Hiran Minar, Changa Manga, Shalimar Gardens, Bagh-e-Jinnah, Model
Town Park, Iqbal Park etc
•Museums including Lahore Museum, Mughal Museum etc
•Bazars including Anar kali, Liberty etc
•Lahore zoo
•Wagha Border (Inluding annual festivals)
•Punjab University
Future Potential
•Lahore city and surrounding cities such as Faisalabad and Sheikupura
where package tours can be offered along with development of a cultural
trail around
29. Buddhist Remains
Attractions
• Takht-i-Bhai
• Swat
• Taxila
• Museums
• Prehistoric Remains
• Attraction for Buddhists
• History of many great leaders like Asoka
• Mankiala Stupa
Future Potential
• Proper care of remains and ruins
• Establishment as an open air Museum
• Facilities to attract tourists other than budhists or Archeologists
30. We Hope that this presentation
covers the major tourism sites in
Pakistan and clearly describes their
future potential. However before any
future progress is made the most
important thing is that all Pakistani’s
learn to appreciate and give
importance to our cultural and
natural heritage as something is
appreciated by others only if it is
appreciated by the owner.