{"id":61011,"date":"2020-02-05T10:25:14","date_gmt":"2020-02-05T05:25:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/?p=61011"},"modified":"2020-02-06T14:58:29","modified_gmt":"2020-02-06T09:58:29","slug":"kp-kick-off-spring-season-with-cultural-events","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/kp-kick-off-spring-season-with-cultural-events.html","title":{"rendered":"KP to initiate spring season with a series of cultural events"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Peshawar: Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KP) Chief Minister (CM) Mahmood Khan on Monday chaired a high-level meeting to review&nbsp;the province\u2019s sports, culture and tourism department, and asked for feasibility reports on all tourist spots in the region, according to news sources. As per the publication, the CM also directed the department to initiate the spring festivities by organizing a series of cultural activities and events across the province. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Read:<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/kp-tourism-development-attracts-swedens-interest.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\"KP tourism development attracts Sweden\u2019s interest (opens in a new tab)\">KP tourism development attracts Sweden\u2019s interest<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">CM Khan said that these events would\nbe a recreational opportunity for the province\u2019s residents and would also help highlight\nthe tourism potential of KP. He also approved of the provincial tourism\nauthority\u2019s decision to integrate the KP Integrated Tourism Enterprise Project\n(KITE). <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Moreover, the CM issued directions for the department to ensure maximum utilisation of development funds to avoid any lapses. He also asked for development work to be expedited on the Arbab Niyaz Stadium so it can host next year\u2019s Pakistan Super League (PSL) cricket tournament.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"> <strong>Read:<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/major-kp-tourism-bill-empowers-govt-to-designate-integrated-tourism-zones.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\"Major KP tourism bill empowers govt to designate integrated tourism zones (opens in a new tab)\">Major KP tourism bill empowers govt to designate integrated tourism zones<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The CM further directed the\nauthorities concerned to launch a talent hunt, under-21 games and a national\nyouth carnival immediately, and to identify tourist resorts for the summer\nseason in the southern parts of the province. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In addition, the meeting was informed regarding the establish\u00adment of the KP Culture and <a href=\"http:\/\/zameen.com\/news\/kp-cm-issues-orders-speed-up-formation-tourism-authority.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\"Tour\u00adism Authority (opens in a new tab)\">Tour\u00adism Authority<\/a> (KPCTA). The meeting was further told that the tourist facilitation spots in Peshawar, Malakand and Hazara divisions would become operational in the next season, and that construction of 15 access roads to tourist spots was currently in the tender phase.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Peshawar: Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KP) Chief Minister (CM) Mahmood Khan on Monday chaired a high-level meeting to review&nbsp;the province\u2019s sports, culture and tourism department, and asked for feasibility reports on all tourist spots in the region, according to news sources. As per the publication, the CM also directed the department to initiate the spring festivities by organizing a series of cultural activities and events across the province. Read: KP tourism development attracts Sweden\u2019s interest CM Khan said that these events would be a recreational opportunity for the province\u2019s residents and would also help highlight the tourism potential of KP. He also approved of the provincial tourism authority\u2019s decision to integrate the KP Integrated Tourism Enterprise Project (KITE). Moreover, the CM issued directions for the department to ensure maximum utilisation of development funds to avoid any lapses. He also asked for development work to be expedited on the Arbab Niyaz Stadium so it can host next year\u2019s Pakistan Super League (PSL) cricket tournament. Read: Major KP tourism bill empowers govt to designate integrated tourism zones The CM further directed the authorities concerned to launch a talent hunt, under-21 games and a national youth carnival immediately, and to identify tourist resorts for the&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":75,"featured_media":60519,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[15167],"tags":[18006,18005,18003,18007,18009,18008,18004],"persona":[],"class_list":["post-61011","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-tourism","tag-cm-mahmood-khan","tag-cultural-events-in-kp","tag-details-on-kp-to-kick-off-spring-season-with-a-series-of-cultural-events","tag-kp-kite","tag-kpcta","tag-psl","tag-spring-festivities","cat-15167-id"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.9 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>KP to kick off spring season with cultural events - Zameen News<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"CM also directed the department to initiate the spring festivities by organizing a series of cultural activities and events across the province.\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/kp-kick-off-spring-season-with-cultural-events.html\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"KP to kick off spring season with cultural events - Zameen News\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"CM also directed the department to initiate the spring festivities by organizing a series of cultural activities and events across the province.\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/kp-kick-off-spring-season-with-cultural-events.html\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Pakistan Real Estate News &amp; 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