{"id":61597,"date":"2020-02-18T16:07:51","date_gmt":"2020-02-18T11:07:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/?p=61597"},"modified":"2020-02-18T16:27:48","modified_gmt":"2020-02-18T11:27:48","slug":"punjab-govt-create-authority-tourism-promotion","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/punjab-govt-create-authority-tourism-promotion.html","title":{"rendered":"Punjab to have an independent authority for tourism promotion"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Lahore: Punjab Chief Secretary Azam Suleman Khan\nrecently announced the government&#8217;s decision to establish an independent\nauthority to promote tourism in the province, according to news sources.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The said authority will be known as the Tourism Culture &amp; Heritage Authority (TCHA) and it will be spearheaded by a Provincial Minister with Secretary Tourism and five DGs of various departments as their subordinates. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Read: <\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/wb-fund-tourism-urban-development-other-projects-punjab.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\"WB to fund tourism, urban development, other projects in Punjab (opens in a new tab)\">WB to fund tourism, urban development, other projects in Punjab<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The authority aims to\npromote tourism by granting facilities to&nbsp;\ntourists visiting the province. These include the creation of\ninformation centres, management of tour packages, and provision of recreational\nand residential facilities. Moreover, it will oversee arrangements for the organization\nof multiple events and festivals, and also providing special training in\nhospitality education. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Last month, the Punjab government had taken initiatives to <a href=\"http:\/\/TDCP Punjab to be restructured to promote tourism\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\"restructure the Tourism Development Corporation of Punjab (TDCP) (opens in a new tab)\">restructure the Tourism Development Corporation of Punjab (TDCP)<\/a>, in order to promote tourism and culture. This initiative will entail the preservation of historical and cultural buildings across the province. In addition, new tourist spots will be established all over the province.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Lahore: Punjab Chief Secretary Azam Suleman Khan recently announced the government&#8217;s decision to establish an independent authority to promote tourism in the province, according to news sources. The said authority will be known as the Tourism Culture &amp; Heritage Authority (TCHA) and it will be spearheaded by a Provincial Minister with Secretary Tourism and five DGs of various departments as their subordinates. Read: WB to fund tourism, urban development, other projects in Punjab The authority aims to promote tourism by granting facilities to&nbsp; tourists visiting the province. These include the creation of information centres, management of tour packages, and provision of recreational and residential facilities. Moreover, it will oversee arrangements for the organization of multiple events and festivals, and also providing special training in hospitality education. Last month, the Punjab government had taken initiatives to restructure the Tourism Development Corporation of Punjab (TDCP), in order to promote tourism and culture. This initiative will entail the preservation of historical and cultural buildings across the province. In addition, new tourist spots will be established all over the province.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":77,"featured_media":61546,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[15017,15167],"tags":[3237,15587,61],"persona":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-61597","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-notices-announcements","8":"category-tourism","9":"tag-punjab-government","10":"tag-tdcp","11":"tag-tourism-2","12":"cat-15017-id","13":"cat-15167-id"},"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.2 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Punjab Govt to create an authority for tourism promotion - Zameen News<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"The Punjab government takes decision to establish an independent authority to promote tourism in 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\/punjab-govt-create-authority-tourism-promotion.html\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Punjab Govt to create an authority for tourism promotion - Zameen News\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"The Punjab government takes decision to establish an independent authority to promote tourism in the province.\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/punjab-govt-create-authority-tourism-promotion.html\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Pakistan Real Estate News &amp; 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