3-day Islamabad Tourism Festival attracted large number of visitors
March 07, 2021
Three-day Islamabad Tourism Festival held to attract a large number of visitors particularly families as the local residents as well as the visitors from other adjoining areas of the federal capital thronged F-9 park to enjoy the festival organised by Pakistan Hang Gliding and Paragliding Association in collaboration with the Cutting Edge Group.
The festival was organised aimed at boosting tourism in the country by opening doors for socio-economic growth, introducing the Asian art, culture and food to the visitors, providing a platform for branding to the sponsors and helping them build client connections.
Tourism festival attracts crowds
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March 07, 2021
Youngsters play on a life-size ludo board as they enjoy their time on the second day of the Tourism Expo and Family Festival 2021 at the Fatima Jinnah Park in the federal capital. PHOTO: ONLINE
ISLAMABAD:
The three-day Islamabad Tourism Festival continued to attract visitors on Saturday.
Local families as well as visitors from adjoining areas of the federal capital came to F-9 Park to enjoy the festival organised by Pakistan Hang Gliding and Paragliding Association (PHPA) in collaboration with the Cutting Edge Group.
The festival has also provided a chance to attract overseas Pakistanis to invest in the country to uplift the economy of the country and to stimulate adventure sports locally, showcasing opportunities of such ventures and to promote sustainable tourism and the importance of eco-friendly sports.
ISLAMABAD: Special Assistant to the Prime Minister on Overseas Pakistanis and Human Resource Development Syed Zulfiqar Abbas Bukhari urged residents of the city to visit the three-day Tourism Expo and Family Festival at F-9 Park with their families.
The event, inaugurated on Friday, features recreational activities like paragliding, accuracy landing, wing suite flying, trike flying, skydiving and power paragliding as part of the Field Marshal Paragliding Championship. Concerts along with a food festival will also be held.
Pakistan is an ideal spot for adventure tourism and Islamabad is blessed with beautiful landscapes and a thriving wildlife habitat along with a clean environment, Mr Bukhari said and thanked the ministries for their support in providing assistance to organisers of the event.