{"id":83052,"date":"2025-07-01T09:55:35","date_gmt":"2025-07-01T04:55:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/nabanews.pk\/en\/?p=83052"},"modified":"2025-07-01T09:55:35","modified_gmt":"2025-07-01T04:55:35","slug":"pm-directs-ptdc-to-take-steps-for-promotion-of-tourism","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nabanews.pk\/en\/pm-directs-ptdc-to-take-steps-for-promotion-of-tourism\/","title":{"rendered":"PM directs PTDC to take steps for promotion of tourism"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>ISLAMABAD<br \/>\nPrime Minister Muhammad Shehbaz Sharif has directed Pakistan Tourism Development Corporation (PTDC) to take immediate practical steps to promote tourism in the country.<br \/>\nChairing a meeting in Islamabad on Monday, he emphasized that special tourism zones should be established to boost the tourism sector.<br \/>\nHe said the public and private sectors must work together to facilitate the travel of international tourists to Pakistan\u2019s tourist destinations. He said Pakistan should be introduced abroad as a tourism brand.<br \/>\nHe said special arrangements should be made to promote domestic tourism and to facilitate local tourists at recreational spots.<br \/>\nHe said there should be a proper plan for long-term investment in the tourism sector.<br \/>\nShehbaz Sharif said Pakistan is blessed with natural resources and unparalled beauty, emphasizing there is immense potential in Pakistan\u2019s tourism sector to earn foreign exchange.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>ISLAMABAD Prime Minister Muhammad Shehbaz Sharif has directed Pakistan Tourism Development Corporation (PTDC) to take immediate practical steps to promote tourism in the country. Chairing a meeting in Islamabad on Monday, he emphasized that special tourism zones should be established to boost the tourism sector. He said the public and private sectors must work together &hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":83056,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[75],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-83052","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-top"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/nabanews.pk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/83052","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/nabanews.pk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/nabanews.pk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nabanews.pk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nabanews.pk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=83052"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/nabanews.pk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/83052\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":83070,"href":"https:\/\/nabanews.pk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/83052\/revisions\/83070"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nabanews.pk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/83056"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/nabanews.pk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=83052"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nabanews.pk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=83052"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nabanews.pk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=83052"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}