Pakistan backs China’s bid to host UN tourism regional office
Wire desk byline Sourced from Xinhua, Dawn, Arab News, Anadolu and Minute Mirror. Translated and abridged by the GSRRA Desk.
Pakistan has formally backed China’s proposal to establish a Regional Office of the United Nations World Tourism Organization (UNWTO), signaling support for stronger regional cooperation in sustainable tourism.
The announcement came during the 26th UNWTO General Assembly in Riyadh, attended by representatives from over 150 countries.
Pakistan’s delegation included Ahmad Shafiq, CEO of the College of Tourism and Hotel Management (COTHM) Global, and Aftab ur Rehman, Managing Director of the Pakistan Tourism Development Corporation (PTDC). COTHM also became the first Pakistani tourism education institution to attend the Assembly.
Islamabad’s support reflects its view that China’s advanced tourism infrastructure and connectivity make it a strong candidate to lead regional collaboration.
Ahmad Shafiq said the move builds on Pakistan-China cooperation under CPEC and other initiatives, helping expand people-to-people ties and tourism partnerships across Asia.
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Zamir Ahmed Awan is the founder and Chair of the Global Silk Route Research Alliance, a think tank in Islamabad. He studied engineering at Shanghai University in the 1980s, and years later he went back to China as Pakistan's science counsellor in Beijing, from 2010 until 2016, working on science and higher education cooperation between the two countries.…
