ANTALYA, TURKEY:
8 April 2018: A high level delegation from Gilgit-Baltistan (GB) comprising of Mr.
Jafarullah Khan, Deputy Speaker of Gilgit Baltistan Legislative Assembly, Mr.
Kazim Niaz, Chief Secretary, GB, and Mr. Waqar Ali Khan, Secretary Tourism GB
visited Antalya, Turkey and attended HESTOUREX – World Health Sport Tourism
Congress & Exhibition held from 5-8 April 2018. Leading private Tour
operators from GB also participated in the event.
GB Tourism
Department established a Pavilion at HESTOUREX 2018. More than 4000
participants from various countries attended the event. Visitors greatly
appreciated the natural beauty and adventure tourism potential of GB, Pakistan.
Among many
prominent visitors, Foreign Minister of Turkey Mr. Mevlut Cavusoglu also visited
the GB Pavilion. The Turkish Foreign Minister announced that he along with the
Turkish Economy Minister would visit GB, Pakistan during the current year. He emphasized
increasing the mutual touristic exchanges and linkages between the two
countries.
On the sidelines
of the event, the delegation also held meetings with Mr. Munir Karaloglu,
Governor of Antalya, Mr. Menderes Mehmet Tevfik Turel, Mayor of Antalya
Metropolitan Municipality, Mr. Ercan Mutlu, Vice President, Antalya Chamber of
Commerce and Industry (ATSO) and Mr. Firuz Baglikaya, President, Turkish Travel
Agencies Association (Tursab). Meetings were focused on exploring the
possibilities of Turkish tourists visiting GB, Pakistan. Tursab President and
ATSO Vice President conveyed that they would very soon visit GB along with a
delegation of tour operators in order to explore new avenues of cooperation
between GB and Turkey.
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