Tourism through Regional Connectivity

• Information

  Tourism through Regional Connectivity - Information

  Matched Team	Team 12
  Name	Abdul Khalique Panhyar	Country	Pakistan
  Scholarship	G-20	Email Address	khaliquepanhyar@gmail.com
  Year	2012	Program	MPP
  Workplace Category	Government	Workplace	Prime Minister Office Board of Investment
  Department	Investment Facilitation	Position	Deputy Director

• Brief intro of project

  Tourism through Regional Connectivity - Brief intro of project

  Title	Tourism through Regional Connectivity
  Sustainable Development Goals	8. Decent Work and Econimic Growth
  Timely Global Issues	3. Cooperatives in a Global Economy
  Sub-topic that describes project	Travel
  Summary of your project	Pakistan is an important country in the south Asia. its geo-strategic location makes it important country in the region. Pakistan, officially the Islamic Republic of Pakistan is a sovereign State in South Asia with a population of 220 million people. It is the fifth most populous country in the world with border strategically connected to South Asia, Central Asia and Western Asia. The northern part of country is most beautiful ,Pakistani People are famous worldwide for its hospitality Pakistan has a long coast line of about 1,046-kilometer with Arabian Sea and Gulf of Oman. In just a couple of years Pakistan has increased Facilities to the Visitors like one window Operations and also launched online visa services for 175 countries and 50 countries were offered Visa on arrival.

• Alumni or organization want to cooperate with

  Tourism through Regional Connectivity - Alumni or organization want to cooperate with

  Specific alumni in mind	I would Like to focus on regional connectivity to increase tourism in the different countries through KDI alumni network.
  Specific nationality of the alumni in mind	All alumni are welcome to join specially focus on South Korea , Thailand Lanka and Vietnam .
  Specific organization(s) / workplace(s) in mind	Any related Organisation with Trade, Industry, Culture and Tourism.
  Specific work position(s) in mind	Any work Position

• Details of Cooperation Project

  Tourism through Regional Connectivity - Details of Cooperation Project

  Objective of the Project	Pakistan is the important country in South Asia its Geo- Strategic location makes it important country in the region Taxila is the important city for Buddhist community so I want to focus on religious tourism between Thailand, South Korea, Srilanka and Pakistan. The Objective of this Project is to Promote Gandahra Civilisation and heritage for Sustainable Eco- Tourism in Pakistan.
  Expected Benefits from the Project	This Project will help to bring interfaith religious harmony between the different religions through this project we can achieve sustainable development in conserving archaeological sites while creating economic opportunities for local communities . through tourism we can showcase the ancient Gandahra civilisation and Buddhist art, stupas and historical sites and this project will open new vistas in the field of sustainable tourism between the different countries, of the region.
  Anything you would like to inform the potential partner	This project is open for all .