Staff Reporter
Balochistan Chief Minister Jam Kamal Khan has urged the business community of Karachi to invest in Balochistan’s tourism sector. Kamal was addressing the Balochistan Tourism Seminar here on Monday. He asked the private sector to promote the tourism in Quetta. “Governments are not responsible for promoting tourism, private institutions are,” he said. “Governments should be held accountable for issues related to security, mechanisms and framing policies.” Kamal stressed that the common perception people have regarding Quetta is “very different” to reality, for which he also asked people to portray the positive image of the province. He said once tourism takes off in Balochistan, then the province’s infrastructure and financial matters will also strengthen. “The private sector needs to step in and work in this area,” he said while adding that there were increasingly high returns on investment in Balochistan. “There has been a lot of investment in the textile sector recently, but the tourism sector is greatly neglected and there is need for money to be injected into it,” he said. CM’ Balochistan Jam Kamal comments come after Pakistan recently made it to The Not Hot List: 10 Best Under-the-Radar Trips for 2020 list by Forbes. The international publication wrote, “Closed countries are opening up. Savvy luxury agencies are making remote destinations accessible to travellers who don’t want to rough it or risk much.”