With some of the most different natural beauty on the earth, Pakistan’s High Commissioner says it’s no wonder that Forbes ranked his country one of the‘10 Coolest Places to go’
Pakistanis a show of some of the most different natural beauty in the world; it’s a cradle of ancient societies and a‘melting pot’of persuasions and societies. The World Economic Forum placed Pakistan among the top 25 per cent of global destinations for its UNESCO‘World Heritage Spots.’
From the stretches of great mountain ranges in the north, to the vast alluvial delta of the Indus River in the south, Pakistan remains a land blessed with nature’s beauty and majestic mountains. With shining comeuppance and some of the world’s loftiest peaks, the country has myriad lodestones for rubberneckers, skiers, pedestrians and perambulators. For those interested in white water rafting, trout fishing, jeep, camel and yak safaris and out of this world foliage and fauna, Pakistan is the place to be.
It’s a land that holds a force of knowledge for archaeologists, chroniclers, artists, preceptors and anthropologists, and it contains contains deep religious heritage for pilgrims of colorful faiths and beliefs.
These attributes mean that the tourism sector in Pakistan has started to register exponential and speedy growth. From lower than half a million foreign sightseer advents in 2015, the world tourism monitoring agencies recorded over two million sightseer advents during 2019. Domestic tourism crossed the 40 million mark last time. last time.
World view of tourism eventuality in Pakistan
The British Backpacker Society (BBS) declared Pakistan as the world’s third stylish implicit adventure destination for 2020. The time before, the BBS declared that‘Pakistan tops the list of world’s stylish trip destinations’, describing it as‘one of the friendliest countries on earth.’A land of splendour, the geography stretches remarkably from the high mountain ranges in the north to the plains and comeuppance of central Pakistan, and the Arabian Sea in the south. In addition to the natural beauty in the four businesses of Pakistan, the people are veritably sociable and generous toward foreign excursionists.
Five of the world’s loftiest mountain peaks
Pakistan’s mountain ranges include the notorious Himalayas, Karakoram and the Hindukush. There are several high peaks in Pakistan, with the altitudinous being K2 (at metres), the alternate loftiest in the world. The country is blessed with five out of the 14 loftiest mountain peaks of the world. From April to September, domestic and transnational perambulators crowd the area.
Loftiest Trade Route in the World
The 806 km Karakorum Highway constructed along the ancient Silk Road linking Pakistan to Chinais the loftiest trade route in the world. Also, the near Mintaka Pass lies along the fabulous ancient Silk Road that linked Europe to Asia and over which history’s most notorious excursionists formerly travelled. These include the Venetian dealer Marco Polo in the thirteenth century (the wild Marco Polo lamb was named after him), the Chinese Monk Fe Hien in the fourth century, and Arab annalist Al-Beruni in the eleventh century.
Punjab (Mughal period monuments and Gandhara Buddhist civilisation)
The Punjab fiefdom comprises rich agrarian lands, an expansive network of gutters and channels, sanctuaries, ancient castles and auditoriums from the Mughal period. Over times agone, the world notorious Gandhara Buddhist civilisation flourished in northern Pakistan, with Taxila as the top seat of Buddhist literacy.
Balochistan (Mountain Ranges and Grottoes)
The Balochistan fiefdom is the largest in the country in terms of area. Besides being blessed with nature’s bounty of mineral coffers, it also has immense natural beauty comprising mountain ranges, mines and a veritably long littoral belt, including the recently developed Gwadar Port. In Balochistan there are numerous grottoes for excursionists to visit, including the Juniper Shaft Cave, Shahre-e-Roghan, the Murghagull Gharra delve, Mughall saa delve, and Pakistan’s naturally decorated delve, the Mangocher Cave.
Sindh (Moenjodaro, Karachi, Arabian Sea)
In the south, the fiefdom of Sindh also abounds in natural beauty. It’s most notorious as home to the ancient megacity Moenjo-daro (Indus Valley Civilisation), the marketable mecca megacity of Karachi, plus its seaports and beautiful strands, spread over hundreds of country miles of bank.
Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (Kaghan and Swat Denes)
Again, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa is well known for its varying natural beauty, comprising some admiration- inspiring denes and mountains in the north, including the Kaghan and Swat denes, and the notorious Khyber Pass.
Northern areas (Gilgit, Hunza, Skardu)
Spread over square km, the northern areas of Pakistan are as witching and mesmerising in beauty as the other regions. Amid towering snow-clad peaks, several over metres, the beautiful serene denes of Gilgit, Hunza and Skardu are magnific.
Forty skiers from 13 countries including Greece, Turkey, Ukraine, Hong Kong, the UKand Belgiumparticipated in the International Skiing Cup in Pakistan in February 2019 at Naltar, Gilgit Baltistan. The artistic patterns in this region are as varied and intriguing as its geomorphology.
Foliage and Fauna
Pakistan is also rich in foliage and fauna. With their alpine meadows and endless snow line, coniferous timbers down thesub-mountain mite, the vast Indus straight incorporating into the great desert, the bank and washes, the Himalayas, Karakoram and the Hindukush ranges all offer a remarkably rich variety of foliage and wildlife including avifauna, both aboriginal and migrant. 10 of 18 mammalian orders are represented in Pakistan with species ranging from the world’s lowest surviving mammal, the Mediterranean Pygmy Shrew, to the largest mammal ever known, the blue Goliath.
Indus Valley Civilisation
Through the centuries, swells of raiders and settlers settled down in the land that’s now Pakistan, impacting the locals and sluggishly being absorbed among them. Ultramodern Pakistanis are a mix of Harappan, Indo-Aryan, Indo-Iranian, Saka, Parthian, Kushan, White Hun, Afghan, Arab, Turkic and Mughal heritages. Therefore, the region encompassing ultramodern- day Pakistan is home to the oldest Asian civilisation (and one of the oldest in the world after Mesopotamia and Egypt), the Indus Valley Civilisation (- BC).
Religious Tourism
Pakistan is a land of love and hospitality. A land of spiritual talent, it’s also the sleeping place of numerous spiritual saints from all persuasions, be it the sufi mystics of Islam; the Hindu Tiraths dating back to BC; the votaries of Buddha attaining‘ nirvana’ buried under the remains of Gandhara civilisation; or Baba Guru Nanak Ji, the author of the Sikh religion who was born in Announcement at Nankana Sahib, about 72 km north of Lahore. Pakistan has always whole-heartedly worked to save its literal spots — whether it’s a church, Gurdwara, tabernacle, synagogue, gallery, grave, stronghold or sanctum.
Pakistan’s Buddhist Heritage
Born in the foothills of the Himalayas, Buddhism plant avaricious followers, sympathizers and patrons in Gandhara, the Land of Fragrance. Pakistan came the custodian of rich collections of sacred bones and superb samples of art and armature from Buddhist civilisation. For illustration, the Buddhist remains of Taxila are priceless treasures of immense interest to Buddhists and experimenters around the world. Taxila came a centre of excellence when the first ever university was innovated there in the 10th century BC.
Pakistan’s Christian Heritage
Thomas the Apostle came to present day Taxila in the first century Announcement. Pakistan has literal churches in colorful locales, and these religious structures symbolise the spirit of a community and the artistic environment of centuries. Our Lady of Fatima Church, Islamabad, Christ Church, Kotri, St Paul’s Church, Rawalpindi, Cathedral of the Sacred Heart of Jesus, Lahore,St. Patrick’s Edifice, Karachi, Holy Rosary Church, Quetta, St Mary’s Cathedral Church, Multan, and St Luke’s Church, Abbottabad are just a of the many churches in Pakistan well worth visiting.
Pakistan’s Sikh Heritage
Sikhism was innovated by Guru Nanak, who was born in Nankana Sahib, Pakistan. Since Punjab was the centre of conditioning for Sikh Gurus, and latterly the political power base of the Sikhs, there are multitudinous spots in Pakistan that are sacred to the Sikh community. Thousands of pilgrims visit these places from each over the globe.
Among the sacred sanctuaries is Gurdwara Darbar Sahib, Kartarpur, near Lahore. Pakistan’s government opened the Kartarpur Corridor to allow visa-free access to Sikh pilgrims from India. In 2019, the government repaired and expanded Kartarpur Corridor to celebrate the 550th birth anniversary of Baba Guru Nanak, and it has therefore surfaced as a centre of interfaith harmony and a symbol of goodwill of the people of Pakistan for the Sikh community.
Gurdwara Panja Sahib, Hasan Abdal, Gurdwara Choa Sahib, Rohtas, Gurdwara Bhai Joga Singh, Peshawar, Gurdwara Sadhu Bela, Sukkur, and Gurdwara Dera Sahib, Lahore are just a many of the numerous Gurdwaras that are visited by thousands of Sikhs from around the world each time.
The Gurdwara has come the centre of the periodic passage by Sikh communities the world over. All Gurdwaras and Sikh sanctuaries in Pakistan have been declared sacred places and are strictly maintained by our government. Pakistan International Airlines (PIA) offers special passage tenures, and Pakistani delegacies and consulates abroad issue ready passage visas for that purpose.
Saints, Sufis, and Shrines
Pakistan is a land of saints and sufis who sermonized cordiality, peace and universal love. Their training promoted religiousco-existence, collaborative harmony and forbearance in society, which is why there has always been collaborative harmony in Pakistan. This provides farther openings for religious tourism in the country.
History reveals that colorful Sufi saints have bestowed Pakistan with dispatches of adoration and peace to promote Islamic merits. Pakistanis consider the country to be blessed as the sleeping place of Saints in the Sanctuaries of Data Ganj Bakhsh Hajveri, Lahore, Hazrat Abdullah Shah Ghazi, Karachi, Hazrat Lal Shahbaz Qalandar, Sehwan Sharif, Sachal Sarmast, Khairpur, and Hazrat Bahauddin Zakaria, Multan.
Royal Couple’s visit to Pakistan
The Duke and Duchess of Cambridge’s visit to Pakistan was an important corner in bilateral relations. After all, HRH Prince William had accompanied HRH Princess Diana to Pakistan at a veritably youthful age. Attracting transnational attention with huge media content, the visit was a boost of confidence for Pakistan’s tourism and cherished by Pakistan and its people.