Brisk preparations have been kicked off to host a grand five-day Spring Tourism Festival in Mirpur city from March 16 with a prime objective to promote tourism coupled with the ancient Kashmiri cultural heritage in Azad Jammu Kashmir.
This was disclosed by AJK Power Development minister Ch. Arshad Hussain while addressing a meeting held here Monday to ink the arrangements for the holding of the scheduled gala in Mirpur which is enriched with huge natural potential for the promotion of tourism coupled with a conducive environment for the purpose.
The grand festival will be inaugurated at the formal inaugural ceremony to be held at Asifa Bhutto Park in the city on March 16 – being held under the auspices of AJK of the District Administration and the related nation-building institutions. Officials of various nation-building institutions including the AJK Tourism, Sports and Culture department, Deputy Commissioner Ch. Amjad Iqbal besides other local administration were also present on this occasion to highlight the salient features of the scheduled festival.
Speaking on this occasion, Chairman of the Festival Organizing Committee Ch. Arshad Hussain, said that the scheduled spring festival will provide an environment of healthy entertainment and recreation to the tourists including children and families from all over AJK besides the adjoining parts of the district with a prime focus to encourage and promote local tourism.
He said that the grand gala to be free of cost for all visitors would attract tourists from across the country and abroad side by side to make the young generation acquainted of the centuries-old cultural heritage of the Himalayan state of Jammu & Kashmir.
