{"id":2484,"date":"2019-02-20T19:01:54","date_gmt":"2019-02-20T19:01:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pakistanintheworld.pk\/?p=2484"},"modified":"2019-02-20T19:01:54","modified_gmt":"2019-02-20T19:01:54","slug":"italian-envoy-stresses-the-need-for-enhanced-cooperation-in-tourism-sector","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pakistanintheworld.pk\/live\/italian-envoy-stresses-the-need-for-enhanced-cooperation-in-tourism-sector\/","title":{"rendered":"Italian Envoy Stresses the Need for Enhanced Cooperation in Tourism Sector"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Islamabad, Feb 20 (APP): Federal Minster for Information and Broadcasting Chaudhry Fawad Hussain in a meeting with Italian Ambassador to Pakistan Stefano Pontecorvo, who called on him here Wednesday, stressed the need for enhanced cooperation between Pakistan and Italy in the tourism sector.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_2485\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-2485\" style=\"width: 696px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-large wp-image-2485\" src=\"https:\/\/pakistanintheworld.pk\/live\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/20625-1024x757.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"696\" height=\"515\" srcset=\"https:\/\/pakistanintheworld.pk\/live\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/20625-1024x757.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/pakistanintheworld.pk\/live\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/20625-300x222.jpg 300w, https:\/\/pakistanintheworld.pk\/live\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/20625-768x568.jpg 768w, https:\/\/pakistanintheworld.pk\/live\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/20625-80x60.jpg 80w, https:\/\/pakistanintheworld.pk\/live\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/20625-696x515.jpg 696w, https:\/\/pakistanintheworld.pk\/live\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/20625-1068x790.jpg 1068w, https:\/\/pakistanintheworld.pk\/live\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/20625-568x420.jpg 568w, https:\/\/pakistanintheworld.pk\/live\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/20625.jpg 1800w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 696px) 100vw, 696px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-2485\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">CHAUDHRY FAWAD HUSSAIN, FEDERAL MINISTER FOR INFORMATION AND BROADCASTING IN A MEETING WITH H.E. MR. STEFANO PONTECORVO, AMBASSADOR OF ITALY TO PAKISTAN IN ISLAMABAD ON FEBRUARY 20, 2019.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>He said that collaboration in the fields of tourism and culture would further strengthen bilateral relations between the two countries which were based on mutual goodwill.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cOwing to its cultural diversity and unique national heritage, Pakistan is a preferred destination for tourists of many countries,\u201d he said. The minister invited Italian tourism writers and editors to visit northern parts of Pakistan and see the majestic mountains and their mesmerizing beauty.<\/p>\n<p>The Italian ambassador appreciated the gesture and proposed to establish a formal connect between the tourism authorities of both the countries with a view to devise strategy to promote sustainable tourism. He apprised the minister that the number of Italian tourists visiting Pakistan was increasing with each passing year.<\/p>\n<p>Fawad said that Lok Virsa, an attached department of the Ministry was working to preserve dying music instruments and sought Italy\u2019s assistance in adding to the efforts being done to preserve the national heritage of Pakistan.<\/p>\n<p>The ambassador also briefed the minister about the extent of Italian cooperation with Pakistan in the areas of defense, energy and archaeology.<\/p>\n<p>Pontecorvo underscored the need to further reinforce cooperation in the field of archaeology and said that Italy was already working on the third phase of renovation of walled city of Multan.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Islamabad, Feb 20 (APP): Federal Minster for Information and Broadcasting Chaudhry Fawad Hussain in a meeting with Italian Ambassador to Pakistan Stefano Pontecorvo, who called on him here Wednesday, stressed the need for enhanced cooperation between Pakistan and Italy in the tourism sector. He said that collaboration in the fields of tourism and culture would [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2485,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[93,91,46],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/pakistanintheworld.pk\/live\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2484"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/pakistanintheworld.pk\/live\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/pakistanintheworld.pk\/live\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pakistanintheworld.pk\/live\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pakistanintheworld.pk\/live\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2484"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/pakistanintheworld.pk\/live\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2484\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2486,"href":"https:\/\/pakistanintheworld.pk\/live\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2484\/revisions\/2486"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pakistanintheworld.pk\/live\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2485"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/pakistanintheworld.pk\/live\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2484"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pakistanintheworld.pk\/live\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2484"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pakistanintheworld.pk\/live\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2484"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}