“We have mountain tourism, we have beach tourism,” he told reporters in Islamabad, referring to Himalayan peaks and Arabian Sea beaches seldom visited by foreigners. The new rules would also ease travel restrictions on foreign journalists, Fawad Chaudhry said. The new visa regime comes after some countries eased traveladvisories on Pakistan in light of improvements in security. Since then, deteriorating security and the imposition of aharsh interpretation of Islamic laws has chipped away at thenumber of visitors. The Pakistan Tourism Development Corporation said lastyear tourist arrivals rose to 1.75 million in 2017, media reported.

Source: The Express Tribune January 25, 2019 11:48 UTC