{"id":67734,"date":"2020-07-10T10:00:00","date_gmt":"2020-07-10T05:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/?p=67734"},"modified":"2020-07-08T18:15:12","modified_gmt":"2020-07-08T13:15:12","slug":"pha-urges-govt-lease-closed-ptdc-properties-private-sector","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/pha-urges-govt-lease-closed-ptdc-properties-private-sector.html","title":{"rendered":"PHA urges govt to lease out closed PTDC properties to private sector"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Karachi: The Pakistan Hotels Association (PHA) on Tuesday urged the government to lease out the closed properties of Pakistan Tourism Development Corporation (PTDC) to the private sector, a news source reported. According to details, PHA has made this recommendation in a bid to revive the tourism sector of the country amid the going coronavirus pandemic situation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Read:<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/ptdc-hotels-motels-leased-out-private-operators.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">PTDC hotels, motels will be leased out to private operators: SAPM Bukhari<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>According to details, PTDC recently shut several of its properties due to financial losses in the wake of the coronavirus situation in the country. PHA Chairman Zubair Bajwa said that leasing these closed PTDC properties to private investors would also boost employment opportunities within the hospitality industry. He highlighted that the private sector could support the government in reviving the closed hotels and motels.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Bajwa opined that private investors could transform the PTDC motels into venues meeting international standards. He added that this would also help boost tourism in Pakistan.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Read:<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/ptdc-register-all-hotels-motels-promote-tourism.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">PTDC to register all hotels, motels to promote tourism<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Meanwhile, National Tourism Coordination Board (NTCB) Chairman Sayed Zulfikar Abbas Bukhar has refuted rumours of PTDC shutting down. He said that the restructuring of the organisation was underway, which would transform it with a better workforce and policymaking.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Karachi: The Pakistan Hotels Association (PHA) on Tuesday urged the government to lease out the closed properties of Pakistan Tourism Development Corporation (PTDC) to the private sector, a news source reported. According to details, PHA has made this recommendation in a bid to revive the tourism sector of the country amid the going coronavirus pandemic situation. Read: PTDC hotels, motels will be leased out to private operators: SAPM Bukhari According to details, PTDC recently shut several of its properties due to financial losses in the wake of the coronavirus situation in the country. PHA Chairman Zubair Bajwa said that leasing these closed PTDC properties to private investors would also boost employment opportunities within the hospitality industry. He highlighted that the private sector could support the government in reviving the closed hotels and motels. Bajwa opined that private investors could transform the PTDC motels into venues meeting international standards. He added that this would also help boost tourism in Pakistan. Read: PTDC to register all hotels, motels to promote tourism Meanwhile, National Tourism Coordination Board (NTCB) Chairman Sayed Zulfikar Abbas Bukhar has refuted rumours of PTDC shutting down. He said that the restructuring of the organisation was underway, which would transform&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":68,"featured_media":66445,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[15167],"tags":[34125],"persona":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-67734","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-tourism","8":"tag-details-on-pha-urges-govt-to-lease-out-closed-ptdc-properties-to-private-sector","9":"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>Lease closed PTDC properties to private sector: PHA - Zameen News<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"The Pakistan Hotels Association has urged government to lease closed properties of Pakistan Tourism Development Corporation (PTDC) to the private sector.\" \/>\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\/pha-urges-govt-lease-closed-ptdc-properties-private-sector.html\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Lease closed PTDC properties to private sector: PHA - Zameen News\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"The Pakistan Hotels Association has urged government to lease closed properties of Pakistan Tourism Development Corporation (PTDC) to the private sector.\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/pha-urges-govt-lease-closed-ptdc-properties-private-sector.html\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Pakistan Real Estate News &amp; 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