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2007-04-27 India-Pakistan

Pakistan has potential to become regional hub of tourism: PM

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Posted by Fred 2007-04-27 00:00|| || Front Page|| [10 views since 2007-05-07] Top

#1 All that Warastan opium to attract druggies?

Posted by 3dc 2007-04-27 00:19|| 2007-04-27 00:19|| Front Page Top

#2 CHINA > setting up a "WOMEN'S TOWN" for tourism where only men get to be punished, and no woman can be refused.

Posted by JosephMendiola 2007-04-27 00:43|| 2007-04-27 00:43|| Front Page Top

#3 bwhahahahahaha, oh I am taking a vacation there. NOT!

Posted by djohn66 2007-04-27 00:57|| 2007-04-27 00:57|| Front Page Top

#4 I would have sworn that headline said "Regional hub of terrorism"!

Posted by Dave S 2007-04-27 01:19|| 2007-04-27 01:19|| Front Page Top

#5 DD: "I would have sworn that headline said "Regional hub of terrorism"!

That's just a spelling variation. You know how the Brits spell "labor" - there, it's "labour". Well, in Pakistan, "terrorism" is spelled "tourism". So those aren't terrorists running around in Pakistan - they're tourists.

Posted by Zhang Fei 2007-04-27 02:41|| http://timurileng.blogspot.com]">[http://timurileng.blogspot.com] 2007-04-27 02:41|| Front Page Top

#6 ISLAMABAD: Pakistan has the potential to become a huge tourist destination if its society would be more understanding, says Hungarian Ambassador Bela Fazekas.

Talking to Daily Times at the Hungarian embassy on Friday, he said that people should understand that tourists do not want to change their mindsets. Tourists are not missionaries. They only want to have a good time and spend their money, he said.

While 2007 was being celebrated as Visit Pakistan Year, the countrys tourism campaign has been put off by a string of suicide attacks, one of which is said to have forced thousands of Japanese to cancel their plans to tour the country. The Japanese tourists wanted to visit Hunza Valley but had to cancel their trip following the suicide bombing outside the Marriott Hotel, Fazekas said. The attack in January that killed a hotel security guard was bad publicity for Pakistan, which continues to struggle to attract tourists.

Posted by John Frum 2007-04-27 07:05|| 2007-04-27 07:05|| Front Page Top

#7 Pakistan could be a great tourist destination - if they could get rid of all the Muslims. Just like Columbia has a lot to offer, if it was not for those pesky cocaine lords.

Posted by Glenmore">Glenmore 2007-04-27 08:32|| 2007-04-27 08:32|| Front Page Top

#8 "Pakistan has potential to become regional hub of terrorism."

Maybe in a bearded-lady, man-with-three-legs sort of way.

Posted by Jules 2007-04-27 09:21|| 2007-04-27 09:21|| Front Page Top

#9 If you go, make sure that you are carrying your portable Quran and what ever you do, don't drop it on the ground.

Posted by Ulomotch Bluetooth2968 2007-04-27 12:52|| 2007-04-27 12:52|| Front Page Top

#10 Must be in response to this...

Tourism Minister Plans 'Face Lift' for Palestinian Image

Coming up next, "Somalia. Africa's Diamond in the Rough"...

Posted by tu3031 2007-04-27 12:59|| 2007-04-27 12:59|| Front Page Top

#11 And when you're there, be sure to try the tomatoes. Or cucumbers. but not both, together.

Posted by USN. Ret. 2007-04-27 13:59|| 2007-04-27 13:59|| Front Page Top

#12 Most importantly, don't drink the water. Would anyone notice my hip flask?

Posted by Pheatch Phaiter4182 2007-04-27 16:38|| 2007-04-27 16:38|| Front Page Top

#13 4182-Apparently, only the cab drivers.

Posted by Jules 2007-04-27 18:24|| 2007-04-27 18:24|| Front Page Top

#14 Stopped in Karachi for 1 night in 1965 as a kid.
It made Yemen almost look like a nice place to visit.
Of course the torch lit mobs chasing the English that summer in Yemen didn't look like vacation fun...

Posted by 3dc 2007-04-27 21:44|| 2007-04-27 21:44|| Front Page Top

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