...Religious Tourism: Problems faced by Sikh tourists in Pakistan * Abstract This study was conducted to find out the difficulties and problems which are faced by the Sikh community in the city of Nankana Sahib, the founding city of Sikhism. A hassle-free travel in a country results in more tourists with the passage of time. The method of questionnaire-based survey was used to conduct this research. The questions asked in this survey are related to security setups, social atmosphere, travel and local transport, political influence in the area, free to practice the religion, economy condition of the country. The end result show us that dangerous threats and lack of government attention are the problems faced by Sikh tourists. * Table Of Contents 1. Introduction 2. Literature Review 3. Methodology 4. Results & Discussion 5. Conclusion 6. References * Introduction Tourism can be defined as the travelling of individuals and accommodating themselves outside their usual locations. This accommodation process cannot be longer than one year, even if it’s for leisure, business or any purpose. It is an important activity to many countries as it affects social, cultural, educational and economic sectors of national societies (UNWTO, 1995). In 2012, Asia and the Pacific region showed rapid increase of tourism and travel business (UNWTO, 2013). Religious Tourism is a part of tourism. In religious tourism, people travel around the world to visit religious...
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...SOUTH ASIAN ASSOCIATION FOR REGIONAL COOPERATION INTRODUCTION: The South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation (SAARC) is an organization of South Asian nations, founded in 1985 and dedicated to economic, technological, social, and cultural development emphasizing collective self-reliance. Its seven founding members are Bangladesh, Bhutan, India, the Maldives, Nepal, Pakistan, and Sri Lanka. Afghanistan joined the organization in 2007. Meetings of heads of state are usually scheduled annually; meetings of foreign secretaries, twice annually. Headquarters are in Kathmandu, Nepal HISTORY: The concept of SAARC was first adopted by than Bangladeshi president Ziaur Rahman. In the late 2000s, Indian President G.N.V Sampath proposed the creation of a trade bloc consisting of South Asian countries. The idea of regional cooperation in South Asia was again mooted in May 2001. The foreign secretaries of the seven countries met for the first time in Colombo in April 2002. The Committee of the Whole, which met in Colombo in August 2002, identified five broad areas for regional cooperation. New areas of cooperation were added in the following years.[1] The objectives of the Association as defined in the Charter are:[2] * to promote the welfare of the people of South Asia and to improve their quality of life; * to accelerate economic growth, social progress and cultural development in the region and to provide all individuals the opportunity to live in dignity and to realize...
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...What is a Reservations Sales Agent? A Reservations Sales Agent processes customer enquiries and bookings for travel arrangements including airline tickets, coach bookings, accommodation, day tours, car-hire, transfers and travel insurance. They usually work over the telephone or on-line and occasionally face to face depending on the company. What does a Reservations Sales Agent do? The agent processes customer bookings and answers customer enquiries over the phone and on-line. All bookings (or reservations) then go into a computer reservations system. A Reservations Sales Agent needs to ask and answer questions to ensure their customers get what they are looking for. It is important that a Reservations Sales Agent has comprehensive product information about what they are selling in order to answer customer enquiries accurately. What does it take to be successful? A love of dealing with people, good listening skills, attention to detail and accuracy. The Reservations Sales Agent needs to be able to work at a fast pace as they will often find reservations roles are located in call centres with large numbers of phone calls on hold with clients awaiting your help. What is the Travel Agencies Industry? This industry includes businesses that sell, book and arrange travel, tour and accommodation services for the general public and commercial clients. The industry also encompasses companies primarily engaged in providing travel arrangement and reservation services, including...
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...SERVICE INDUSTRY IMPACT ON NATIONAL ECONOMIES Student’s Name Course code + name Professor’s name University City, State Date Introduction Service industry is a business category that involves the provision of services to other businesses or to final customers. Service industry has improved in the recent decades forming the backbone of several nations’ economies. The common service industries include tourism, computer services, entrepreneurship and accounting among many others. The growth of the service industry has been reflected in several economic platforms. For instance, the current list of Fortune 500 companies has more service companies on it compared to manufacturing companies (Encyclopedia Britannica, 2015). In addition, the old product oriented business tradition has been replaced by a service-product continuum. This business revolution is happening in both the developed and developing countries as a result of a high price elasticity of demand of services. This means that services have dominated the economies of these countries leading to an overall global economic change. Background of the Service Industry The service industry has been in the economy for a long period of time. In Africa, during the ages of barter trade, services still existed but they were not valued as they were termed as ‘free services’. For instance, during the barter trade age, there existed medicine people, traditional educators among other service providers (Gancarczyk, 2014). These people...
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...Abstract Pakistan Railways is a national transport service of Pakistan. It’s head-quartered is in Lahore and is working under the Ministry of Railways. Pakistan Railway provides an important mode of transportation throughout Pakistan. It is commonly referred to as the "life line of the country", by aiding in large scale movement of people and freight throughout Pakistan. A railway all over the world is considered, cheapest, safest and efficient mode of passenger and freight carrier. Pakistan is no exception to this. Till 1970’s Pakistan railways used to be a profit earning entity. Due to successive governments tilt towards road network affected the railway operations. By introducing NLC (National Logistic Cell) during Zia’s regime railways started sliding downwards and till date has not been able to stand upon its legs. Railways need huge investments which was not forth coming by the governments who remain power one after the other. This not only affected the railway operation both in passenger as well as freight. The much needed investment in shape of infrastructure, equipment and material was not forth coming. The railway assets due to lack of repair and maintenance started becoming inoperative and obsolete. The lack of Government attention and apathy Pakistan railways has reached at its lowest ebb. The rolling stock and locomotives have outlived their utility. The only way through which Pakistan Railways can be broad back to its past glory if the Government injects heavy...
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...Two voices Kashmir can join Hands with Pakistan or It can choose To be independent Kashmir is one of the most disputed issue of the world since the partition of the Subcontinent. At the time of partition, Kashmir was under the control of Hindu Dogra and for this reason this area was considered as a princely state. According to partition act of law that all princely states would be given full opportunity to join any country or be independent. So it makes sense that Kashmir can still join hands with Pakistan or choose to be independent. Kashmir can join Pakistan, the reason why Kashmir should is that this would be beneficial for both the countries. First the advantages Kashmir would get are industrial revolution, freedom to follow any religion, and defense system. Kashmir has no industries at all so it would be beneficial to the people of Kashmir to get jobs and alleviate their poverty. Pakistan is an Islamic state but it has freedom to follow any culture, religion, or any ideology so it would enable Kashmiri people to practice any religion. Kashmir has no defense system so joining hands with Pakistan (Seventh Atomic Nation) can provide it defense. The advantages Pakistan would get when Kashmir is in its premises are rivers, Siachen Glacier, tourism, and agriculture. Rivers are the most important of all, Pakistan needs water to fertile its lands to escalate its agriculture and this would surge the building of dams. Siachen Glacial is Pakistani military based area but...
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...HIDDEN TREASURES OF LAHORE [pic] Table of Contents Acknowledgements - 3 - Introduction to the project - 4 - Introduction - 5 - Saru Wala Maqbara - 6 - History - 6 - Present condition - 7 - Ali Mardan Khan’s Tomb - 8 - History - 8 - Present condition - 9 - Dai Angas Tomb - 11 - History - 11 - Present condition - 11 - Asif Jah’s tomb - 13 - History - 13 - Present condition - 14 - Dai Angah Mosque - 15 - History - 15 - Present condition - 15 - Wazir Khan’s Baradari - 17 - History - 17 - Present condition - 18 - Maryam Zamani Mosque - 19 - History - 19 - Present condition - 19 - Anarkali’s Tomb - 21 - History - 21 - Present condition - 21 - Zebunnisa’s Tomb and Garden - 23 - History - 23 - Present condition - 23 - Nadira Begum’s Tomb and Garden - 25 - History - 25 - Present condition - 26 - Kamran’s Baradari - 27 - History - 27 - Present condition - 27 - Government Efforts - 28 - Conclusion - 31 - Acknowledgements I would like to extend my thanks to all those people how have help me supported me during the field work and course work of this project .I would specially like to thank my fellow student for helping me out with the project furnishing there ideas correcting my mistakes and shearing there knowledge in the subject. Specially Amad Rasool, Fahima khan and...
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...BUSINESS PLAN FOR TOURIST VILLAGE TOURISM INDUSTRY IN PAKISTAN There is enormous potential exponential growth for tourism in Pakistan. The country is rich in tourist attractions and draws lovers of adventure & culture with its awe inspiring mountain peaks, lush green and unspoiled valleys, lakes, centuries old Indus and Gandhara civilizations and Buddhist shrines, which makes. In the year 1994, 648,000 tourists arrived in Pakistan compared to 500,900 in the year 2003. The increase in 2004 compared to 2003 was 29.4%. Pakistan earned US $ 185.6 million in 2004. Tourism plays an important role in the regional development. It has been estimated that more than half of the total income earned by the people in the tourist sector is from relatively under-developed areas like Murree, Gilliat, Swat, Ziarat, Abbottabad, Kaghan, Naran and Azad Kashmir For tourists in Pakistan, there are currently 1151 hotels/motels with 37391 rooms and 188 air-conditioned restaurants with a seating capacity of 20,639 available. From the economic point of view, the Tourism Sector plays a major role in enhancing trade opportunities, improving balance of payment, boosting employment and developing the Regions. INTRODUCTION OF AL’BA’ITH MANAGEMENT Al’Ba’ith is a Management firm specializing in the hospitality, food service, franchise, hotel and club businesses. We intend to build a first class tourist resort with a hotel, motel, tourist club, shopping mall and other allied facilities...
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...1 – Pakistan 4/9/2014 Pakistan is a sovereign country of South Asia, and the sixth most populous country in the world. It was ruled by the British Indian Empire until August 14, 1947, when the empire split into two separate sovereign states- Pakistan and India. It now borders the Arabian Sea, India on the east, Iran and Afghanistan on the West, and China in the north (Nations Online, 2014). After formation of the New Republic, tensions between East and West Pakistan still existed, which caused a civil war, and ended in separation and creation of the state of Bangladesh. Formal relations between Pakistan and India were re-established. They were shaken again in the late 90s, when India tested nuclear weapons and Pakistan followed a few weeks later. That led to the Kargil War of 1999 (Nations Online, 2014). Under the pressure of the United States, Pakistan broke its close ties with Afghanistan, and became a US ally after the Sep. 11 attacks. President Bush, therefore, ended sanctions that were instituted after the nuclear tests in 1998, and rescheduled Pakistan`s debt (Nations Online, 2014). In 2003, Pakistan and India ended their fight in Kashmir, and allowed people to reunite between the two capitals of Kashmir - one on the Pakistan`s side, the other one on the Indian side. After 60 years, in 2007, trade route finally opened across the line of control (Nations Online, 2014). With increased violence in Afghanistan in 2010, President Obama pressured current Pakistan`s President...
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...190006, India Research Scholar, Department of Geography and Regional Development, University of Kashmir, Srinagar190006, India Abstract: Conflict and instability in Jammu and Kashmir have been a major hindrance to its development and progress levels. Tourism is identified as the engine of growth and Development of Jammu and Kashmir economy in general and Kashmir valley in particular. The development of tourist industry can have a significant impact on the overall growth of the state, because of its ability to create direct and indirect employment, as well as growth in allied industries. Tourism will likely contribute to the growth of secondary sectors such as handicrafts, which have historically benefitted from visitors to the state. As tourism is widely recognized as a major mechanism of employment generation, especially in the service sector, holds significant role forpoverty alleviationand unemploymentin thestate.Kashmir being animportant tourist destination in India has witnessed downfall because of theongoing unrest especially during the last two decades which has hindered the smooth growth oftourism industry. The valley of Kashmir has been engulfed in a violent situation since 1989, which has threatened the sustainability of tourism industry. The political instability in turn has greatly altered the direction, flow, patternand volume of tourists to the destination. The present paper investigates the temporal changes in the flow pattern of tourists to the valley and also analyses...
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...Tourism Marketing in Developing countries: a study of Bangladesh Contact Address: S M Nazrul Islam, PG Researcher, Hospitality and Tourism Management, University of Strathclyde, Glasgow Email: smnazrul.islam@starth.ac.uk Tourism has become a very important and dynamic sector both in the world economy and particular in the developing countries. Its growth affects not only the activities directly linked to tourism but also other sectors. Tourism is already an important sector in some developing countries and will become so for others. Developing countries have been fast growing in tourism industry terms in the world over the last decade. Tourism is one of the most important sectors in a large number of developing countries. Increases in economic growth, disposable income and leisure time, political stability, and aggressive tourism campaigns, among others factors, have fuelled the significant growth of tourism. Developing countries have some common characteristics, such as extreme poverty and widespread conflict (including civil war and ethnic clashes), extensive political corruption, lack of political and social stability, human resource weakness (human assets index, nutrition, health, education and adult literacy), and economic vulnerability. Bangladesh is a developing country in Asia, holding high potentiality for tourism. Bangladesh Parjatan Corporation (BPC) plays an important role for the development of tourism. For a long time, Bangladesh has been an attractive destination...
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...Pakistan (Urdu: پاکِستان), officially the Islamic Republic of Pakistan, is a country in South Asia. It has a 1,046-kilometre (650 mi) coastline along the Arabian Sea and Gulf of Oman in the south and is bordered by Afghanistan and Iran in the west, India in the east and China in the far northeast.[6] Tajikistan also lies very close to Pakistan but is separated by the narrow Wakhan Corridor. Thus, it occupies a crossroads position between South Asia, Central Asia and the Middle East.[7] The region forming modern Pakistan was at the heart of the ancient Indus Valley Civilisation and then later was the recipient of Vedic, Persian, Indo-Greek, Turco-Mongol, Islamic and Sikh cultures. The area has witnessed invasions and/or settlements by the Indo-Aryans, Persians, Greeks, Arabs, Turks, Afghans, Mongols and the British.[8] While the Indian independence movement demanded an independent India, the Pakistan Movement (led by Quaid e Azam Muhammad Ali Jinnah of the Muslim League) sought independent states for the majority Muslim populations of the eastern and western regions of British India as well. The British granted independence and also the creation of one Muslim majority state of Pakistan that comprised the provinces of Sindh, North-West Frontier Province, West Punjab, Balochistan and East Bengal. With the adoption of its constitution in 1956, Pakistan became an Islamic republic. In 1971, a civil war in East Pakistan resulted in the creation of Bangladesh. Pakistan's history...
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...Goals, Outcome Statements and Budget Estimates of The Federal Government of Pakistan Compiled by Tariq Husain (thusain@rabt-e-nau.com) for Rabt-e-Nau (www.rabt-e-nau.com) Islamabad Resource Number: GOVERN-R-001 on the Website 31 January 2011 Introduction In June 2010, the Finance Division of the Government of Pakistan presented an innovative budget document, called the Green Book, or the Federal Medium Term Budget Estimates for Service Delivery 2010-13 (http://finance.gov.pk/budget/mtbf_2010_13.pdf). The purpose, as stated in its Preface, “is to provide Parliament and other stakeholders with the clearest possible statement of the services which are to be delivered and the investments to be undertaken through the application of the funds appropriated by Parliament and, equally importantly, the results which are expected to be achieved in terms of the achievement of goals of public sector activity and the benefits expected to accrue to different population groups from the activities of the Federal Government. The publication of the Green Book marks a major step forward in enhancing the transparency of the federal budget.” The Preface highlights the innovative features of the Green Book in the following words: (a) The Green Book uses the 3-year framework for budgetary planning which lies at the heart of the MTBF reforms. Under this process ministries make their plans and prepare budgetary estimates for a rolling 3-year budgetary horizon. (b) The centerpiece of the Green...
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...point with it's vibrant colours and craftmanship. As such every little adornment on a trucks has a special significance. As we know that our country is divided into different teritories so why not spread a message of a sovereign and united country with the theme pakistan on wheels. Each territory has it's distinct lifestyle. The culture and heritage of each province of Pakistan should be painted with intricate motifs and vibrant colours. Art motifs of such birds, fish and flower which depicts each province should be illustrated. Other than this famous scenic beauties like dyllic, bucolic scenes of streams, mountains or forest should be painted to embody each territory. The metal base of the truck always seem to make the multi-coloured truck transformed into a weak tea. So it could be covered with reflected stickers, scintillating tapes and further highlighted with mirrors and studs. For the finishing touches the intricately patterned crown carved in cedarwood should be placed at the top of the bus. This artistry employs a huge number of skilled labourers thus boosting the economy of the country. This artistic media is no more confined to Pakistan only but has spread it's splendor across borders and has become a tourism symbol of Pakistan.Thus we should make an effort to keep this culture of ours...
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...point with it's vibrant colours and craftmanship. As such every little adornment on a trucks has a special significance. As we know that our country is divided into different teritories so why not spread a message of a sovereign and united country with the theme pakistan on wheels. Each territory has it's distinct lifestyle. The culture and heritage of each province of Pakistan should be painted with intricate motifs and vibrant colours. Art motifs of such birds, fish and flower which depicts each province should be illustrated. Other than this famous scenic beauties like dyllic, bucolic scenes of streams, mountains or forest should be painted to embody each territory. The metal base of the truck always seem to make the multi-coloured truck transformed into a weak tea. So it could be covered with reflected stickers, scintillating tapes and further highlighted with mirrors and studs. For the finishing touches the intricately patterned crown carved in cedarwood should be placed at the top of the bus. This artistry employs a huge number of skilled labourers thus boosting the economy of the country. This artistic media is no more confined to Pakistan only but has spread it's splendor across borders and has become a tourism symbol of Pakistan.Thus we should make an effort to keep this culture of ours...
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