Islamabad
Pakistan spent US $ 774.915 million by acquiring different travel services from various countries during the first six months of current financial year 2019-20 as compared to the corresponding period of last year.
This shows growth of 5.72 percent as compared to US $ 732.960 million spent through provision of services during the last year (2018-19), Pakistan Bureau of Statistics (PBS) reported.
During the period under review, the imports of personal travel services grew by 8.42 percent, by going up from US $ 702.900 million last year to US $ 762.065 million during July-December (2019-20).
Among these personal services, imports of education related expenditure and personal expenditure decreased by 7.83 and 46.49 percent respectively.—APP
