Tourism In

Pakistan

Made By: Noman Suleman

Definition

• Tourism is the commercial organization and operation of holidays and visits to

places of interest. Tourism in Pakistan has been stated by the Lonely Planet magazine

as being the tourism industry's "next big thing". Pakistan, with its diverse cultures,

people and landscapes attracted 1 million tourists in 2012.

Challenges

• Tourism industry faces a lot of challenges, some of them are mentioned

below:

• Terrorism

• Natural Disasters

• Improper Government Managment

Swat Valley

• Swat is a valley and an administrative district in the

Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Province of Pakistan. It is the

upper valley of the Swat River, which rises in the

Hindu Kush range.

Badshahi Mosque

• The Badshahi Mosque in Lahore, commissioned by the

sixth Mughal Emperor Aurangzeb in 1671 and completed

in 1673, is the second largest mosque in Pakistan and

South Asia and the fifth largest mosque in the world

Mohenjodaro

• Mohenjo-daro is an archeological site in the province

of Sindh, Pakistan. Built around 2600 BC, it was one of the

largest settlements of the ancient Indus Valley Civilization, and

one of the world's earliest major urban settlements,

contemporaneous with the civilizations of ancient

Egypt, Mesopotamia, and Crete. Mohenjo-daro was abandoned

in the 19th century BCE, and was not rediscovered until 1922.

Significant excavation has since been conducted at the site of

the city, which was designated a UNESCO World Heritage

Site in 1980. The site is currently threatened by erosion and

improper restoration.