{"id":64886,"date":"2020-05-01T10:00:00","date_gmt":"2020-05-01T05:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/?p=64886"},"modified":"2020-04-29T16:50:04","modified_gmt":"2020-04-29T11:50:04","slug":"relief-package-demanded-for-swats-tourism-sector","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/relief-package-demanded-for-swats-tourism-sector.html","title":{"rendered":"Relief package demanded for people associated with Swat\u2019s tourism sector"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Swat: Residents of Swat recently urged the federal government to announce a relief package for people associated with the region\u2019s tourism industry \u2014 with the initiative deemed necessary in light of the complete halt in local and international tourism in the area due to the COVID-19 outbreak, a news source reported.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Read: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/kp-tourism-body-reviews-proposal-for-setting-up-kalam-development-authority.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">KP tourism body reviews proposal for setting up Kalam Development Authority<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>According to estimates, tourism amounts to approximately 80% of the total income generated by Swat\u2019s residents. This is mostly due to the significant number of local and international tourists that visit the area all year round \u2014 especially during the summer season. Furthermore, many families are in the habit of renting cottages in the region for the whole month of Ramazan; however, that has also not happened this year.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Read: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/kp-govt-allocate-pkr-13-bn-daily-wagers.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">COVID-19 relief measures: KP allocates PKR 13 bn for daily wagers<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>As per the information available, Swat is home to approximately 350 hotels and over 400 restaurants, while the city can accommodate as many as 30,000 travelers per night. However, reportedly all hotels, restaurants, and businesses associated with tourism are currently shut \u2014 resulting in widespread unemployment.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Read: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/kp-shares-ramzan-sops-for-extended-lockdown-period.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">COVID-19: KP shares Ramzan SOPs for extended lockdown period<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>As a result, with the tourism industry facing major hurdles due to the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, the people associated with the sector are now looking towards the government for relief.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Swat: Residents of Swat recently urged the federal government to announce a relief package for people associated with the region\u2019s tourism industry \u2014 with the initiative deemed necessary in light of the complete halt in local and international tourism in the area due to the COVID-19 outbreak, a news source reported. Read: KP tourism body reviews proposal for setting up Kalam Development Authority According to estimates, tourism amounts to approximately 80% of the total income generated by Swat\u2019s residents. This is mostly due to the significant number of local and international tourists that visit the area all year round \u2014 especially during the summer season. Furthermore, many families are in the habit of renting cottages in the region for the whole month of Ramazan; however, that has also not happened this year. Read: COVID-19 relief measures: KP allocates PKR 13 bn for daily wagers As per the information available, Swat is home to approximately 350 hotels and over 400 restaurants, while the city can accommodate as many as 30,000 travelers per night. However, reportedly all hotels, restaurants, and businesses associated with tourism are currently shut \u2014 resulting in widespread unemployment. Read: COVID-19: KP shares Ramzan SOPs for extended lockdown period&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":18,"featured_media":64888,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[15012],"tags":[27702,27700,27701],"persona":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-64886","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-allied-industries","8":"tag-relief-package-demanded-for-swats-tourism-sector","9":"tag-relief-package-for-tourism-sector","10":"tag-swat-tourism","11":"cat-15012-id"},"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.2 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Relief package demanded for Swat\u2019s tourism sector - Zameen News<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Swat: Residents of Swat recently urged the federal government to announce a relief package for people associated with the region\u2019s tourism industry\" \/>\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\/relief-package-demanded-for-swats-tourism-sector.html\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Relief package demanded for Swat\u2019s tourism sector - Zameen News\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Swat: Residents of Swat recently urged the federal government to announce a relief package for people associated with the region\u2019s tourism industry\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/relief-package-demanded-for-swats-tourism-sector.html\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Pakistan Real Estate News &amp; 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