Tourism And Economic Development In Pakistan

Pakistan tourism development corporation.

Holiday inn shimla himachal tourism. In this paper we aim to identify whether there is a unidirectional or bidirectional causal relation between tourism and economic growth in the case of pakistan. The team includes aftab rana fatima habib. The body includes the chairperson of the evacuee trust property board the deputy governor of the state bank of pakistan and the managing director of the pakistan tourism development corporation.

The above table shows the comparison of pakistan tourism with three different countries. Pakistan tourism development corporation ptdc was incorporated on march 30 1970 under the companies act 1913 now the companies. Principal objective of the corporation is to promote and develop tourism in pakistan.

The final report punjab tourism for economic growth has been completed by the cdpr team under overall guidance from suleman ghani. For this we use annual data for tourism growth and economic expansions. Socio economic development and has promising future and growth potential in the country.

Dean maccannell 2002 says that tourism is faster growing sector and it has relations to the non economic factors. According to a report by the world travel and tourism council travel tourism alone generated us76 trillion 102 of global gdp and 292 million jobs in 2016 equivalent to 1 in 10 jobs in the global economy. High himalayas karakoram and the hindukush ranges with their alpine meadows and permanent snow line coniferous forests down the sub mountain scrub the vast indus plain merging into the great desert the coast line and wetlands all offer a remarkably rich variety of vegetation and.

Ptdc pakistan tourism development corporation sgpc shiromani gurdwara parbandhak committee sltda sri lanka tourism development authority sto state tourism organization. While india which is our neighbor country has 62 contribution of the total gdp of the economy. In 2013 pakistan tourism industry has the lowest 31 contribution of the total gdp of the country from the other three countries.

The economic zones are part of the multibillion dollar china pakistan economic corridor. The purpose of this empirical study is firstly to investigate and analyze the dynamic relationship between tourism sector development and economic growth both in the short and long run. Pakistan seeks turkish investment to boost tourism.

Ordinance 1984 as a public corporation limited by shares. Pakistan is endowed with a rich and varied flora and fauna. Also tourism has a positive effect on the economic activity of the nation and can improve the economic condition and gdp of pakistan.