PTDC Celebrates Independence Day

Pakistan Tourism Development Corporation (PTDC) Tuesday celebrated 71st Independence Day by organizing a flag hoisting ceremony here at Flashman's Hotel where General Manager Pakistan Tourism Ali Akbar Malik was the chief guest.

RAWALPINDI, (UrduPoint / Pakistan Point News - 14th Aug, 2018 ) :Pakistan Tourism Development Corporation (PTDC) Tuesday celebrated 71st Independence Day by organizing a flag hoisting ceremony here at Flashman's Hotel where General Manager Pakistan Tourism Ali Akbar Malik was the chief guest.

The hotel was beautifully decorated with banners, colorful flags, balloons and buntings. On this occasion the national songs were played.

Ali Akbar Malik addressing the participants said Pakistan was achieved after great sacrifices and soon it woulf emerge as a powerful and developed country in the region.

The China Pakistan Economic Corridor would change Pakistan's fate and prove to be a milestone for the development of the country.

Appreciating steps taken to promote tourism in the country, he hoped that Pakistan would be included soon in the list of the world's top ten tourist countries.

He underlined the need to invite tourists from around the globe to see the beautiful scenes of Pakistan and witness that Pakistan was a peaceful country.

Tourism had flourished in the country due to improvement in overall security situation and a large number of tourists visited different attractive places during their holidays, he added.

He further said it was foremost duty of all of us to honor and protect our country. There was no other example in the world of glamorous beauty, mountains and rivers like in the northern areas of Pakistan.

The PTDC was organizing special tour packages on discounted rates for local tourists. The number of tourists was increasing gradually and every year, thousands of tourists were taking benefit to the packages.

All hotels and motels of PTDC were decorated with beautiful flags and bright illumination and 71st Independence Day was celebrated with great enthusiasm, he informed.

During the ceremony, PTDC's Senior Officers Manager (P & A) Bilqees Fatima, Manager Flashman Hotel Ashfaq Ahmed Loother, Manager AccountsAdil Zaidi, Manager, Publicity and Promotion, Mukhtar Ali and other PTDCofficials attended the ceremony.