Zubair Qureshi Islamabad
The Embassy of Tajikistan in Islamabad hosted a unique ‘Tajikistan — Pakistan Roadshow’ to showcase huge tourism opportunities and business potential that exists in Tajikistan for the Pakistani tourists and investors.
The event was attended by Tajikistan’s Ambassador to Pakistan Yusuf Sharifzoda, the Pakistan Tourism Development Corporation (PTDC) representatives, and members of travel agencies of Tajikistan.
More than 150 representatives of the tourism sector of Pakistan also participated in the roadshow reaffirming their commitment and trust that the tourism sector of Tajikistan and Pakistan could achieve new heights and grow tremendously if both the governments and the private sectors worked in close coordination.
Ambassador of Turkmenistan to Pakistan and Dean of Diplomatic Corps, Atadjan Movlamov, had attended the event on the special request of Ambassador Sharifzoda.
In his opening remarks, Tajikistan Ambassador Saidzoda said he was proud of his country’s success in the international arena.
He said that from August 8 through August 15, representatives of several travel agencies of Tajikistan visited Pakistan and held business meetings with central and regional public and private structures of the tourism sector in the country.
The meetings focused on issues of tourism development, development of joint projects, arranging of mutual info tours for travel companies, bloggers, media representatives, conducting joint tours in the region, as well as organizing courses on hospitality and provision of tourism services.
The two sides rankly discussed the possibilities of working together and close partnership. At the end participants were presented with memorable gifts, brochures and catalogs about tourist places and attractions of Tajikistan. Speaking on the occasion, the General Director of Somon Travel LLC Umedjon Saidzoda highlighted the tourist attractions and investment opportunities in Tajikistan. He said that the future of tourism in Tajikistan was bright.
It is pertinent to mention here that the management of almost 70 travel companies and tour operators, airlines, local media, television and radio, as well as the employees of diplomatic missions of Central Asian countries were in attendance during the roadshow.
On the occasion, the Tajik delegation presented the tourism potential of their country to the participants of the event.
During the meeting, 10 memorandums of cooperation were inked between Tajikistan and Pakistan tourism companies.
The Pakistani companies were invited to the Travel Market in Tajikistan, scheduled for late September 2024.
