Most of these areas haven’t been commercially exploited for tourism and thus have the potential to occur at all levels of mass tourist marketing. Tourism is an important aspect of economic development for all countries; Makran has exceptional potential within this area. According to Abdul Khaliq Hazara (the Minister of Tourism, Culture and Sports), “Our focus has been to promote provincial tourism because of the vast tourism potential of its mountainous and unique location.” The announcement of a national tourism policy supports and promotes tourism, however the ability of the Government of Balochistan to support and implement this policy has not yet proven to be successful. Other reasons contributing to the lack of development of tourism in Balochistan include lack of collaboration by all tourism stakeholders, lack of adequate supporting infrastructure, lack of developed tourist destinations, lack of accommodation and limited transportation systems as well as continuing problems of security. The failure of the Government to develop good tourism infrastructure, provide secure environments and implement tourism development policies on an ongoing basis has been one of the main reasons why the province is not realizing its full tourism potential.

Source: The Patriot January 09, 2026 19:54 UTC