Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Cultural and Tourism Authority in order to facilitate tourists in KP and ensure their safety has installed various roadside sign boards on famous tourist attractions for the facilitation and orientation of visitors.
The boards are installed on roads of Chakdara, Timergara, Khazana Bypass Dir lower, Panah Kot Chitral road Dir upper, Swat, Kalam,
Malam Jabba, Miandam, Miandam picnic spot, Shangla top, Gabeen Jabba while in Hazara division Nathiagali, Thandiani road Abbottabad, Mansehra, Naran, and Kaghan.
The sign boards contain the information of tourist helpline number 1422 for assistance of visitors. Visitors can easily acquire information related to weather, famous tourist places, traffic and emergency center of KPCTA.
The boards were installed for first time and depict commitment and
professional approach adopted by KPCTA to guide visitors and promote tourism sector of KP province.
Director General KPCTA, Bakhtiar Khan said that facilitation of tourists is vital to promote tourism sector and installation of boards were meant to facilitate visitors and provide them easy access to get needed information.
He said that 1422 helpline would work round the clock and provide
tourist information of weather, road clearance, emergency situation,
snow, availability of patrol and other guidelines.
