Tourism Corporation Khyber Pakhtunkhwa set up as a limited company in 1991 to develop
Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa
Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (; ps, خېبر پښتونخوا; Urdu, Hindko: خیبر پختونخوا) commonly abbreviated as KP or KPK, is one of the four provinces of Pakistan. Located in the northwestern region of the country, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa ...
's tourism potential.
It offers a variety of services in key tourist sites in Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa, as well as visits to attend the
Shandur Polo Festival
Shandur Polo Festival () is a sports festival held annually from 7th to 9th July in Shandur Polo Ground, Ghizer, Gilgit-Baltistan, Pakistan. The polo tournament is played between the teams of Gilgit-Baltistan Districts and Chitral District, un ...
as well as to famous Buddhist monasteries like
Takht-i-Bhai and Peshawar's old city historical sites like
Sethi Mohallah
Sethi Mohallah ( ur, سیٹھی محلہ), sometimes called Sethian Mohallah, is an old and traditionally arranged neighbourhood in the old city of Peshawar, Pakistan. The mohallah contains seven South Asian mansions built by the Sethi family tha ...
.
Objectives
TCKP has been assigned to:
*Promote and develop the tourism industry of the province by involving both the private and public sectors.
*Fully protect and preserve the culture, arts, history, heritage - both tangible & intangible, traditions, environment and biodiversity of the target areas.
*Develop the socio-economic conditions of the people and areas having tourism potential.
*Gradually and systematically identify and develop all the existing and potential areas for attracting domestic and international tourists.
*Make TCKP a self-financing organisation.
See also
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Pakistan Tourism Development Corporation
Pakistan Tourism Development Corporation or PTDC ( ur, ) is an organization of the Government of Pakistan. PTDC is governed by the Board of Directors and provides transportation to various areas and owns and runs several motels across the coun ...
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Tourism Corporation of Khyber PakhtunkhwaTourist Development Corporation of PunjabSindh Tourism Development CorporationTourism Department of Gilgit Baltistan
Tourism in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa
Government of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa
Transport companies established in 1991
1991 establishments in Pakistan
Tourism agencies