Pakistan Tourism Development Corporation (PTDC) has got approval of three mega projects from its board of directors, including construction of a tourist resort with world class facilities at Gaddani beach located on border of Sindh-Balochistan provinces and two in Islamabad.
"The PTDC is very keen to develop tourism in Pakistan on most modern lines and there is a need to raise mega projects", the Managing Director of PTDC Brigadier Aman Ullah (Retd) said in an interview with APP here on Friday.
Highlighting these three important projects for the promotion of tourism in Pakistan, he said "luckily, we have a 172-acres piece of land at a prime location at Gaddani beach, on which PTDC to construct a beautiful hotel, develop a lush green golf course and most modern water sports facilities".
He said that when completed, the project would be the icon to attract a large number of tourists from Europe and other parts of the world. "I am sure that we would be able to develop this project within next two to three years to welcome a large number of tourists, with state of the art facilities to be ensured for them", he noted.
Likewise, he continued that PTDC has a 25-acre of plot in Islamabad, and we want to construct a Tourist Village on it. The plan envisages construction of a 3-star motel, comprising 300-rooms, so that maximum number of domestic and international tourists could stay there. He said that all allied facilities including swimming pool, shopping centre as well as most modern Theme Park would also be constructed on it.
The PTDC, he said has an other plot of 9-canal behind the Marriott Hotel and it plans to build a most modern office plaza on it to accommodate the offices of Ministry of Tourism and PTDC, while the remaining portions of it will be leased out to multi-nationals, as it will help to address the financial constraints of PTDC.
He made it clear that all three mega projects would be raised on Public-Private partnership, adding that he has already obtained permission of these projects from the board of directors. Brigadier Aman said that after approval, the PTDC has now handed over these projects to IPDF, an arm of Ministry of Finance that is responsible for preparation of feasibility report, inviting investors, calling construction companies, floating tenders and finally handing over these projects to the successful bidders.
The MD, PTDC said that foundation stone of this motel was laid by the Prime Minister Syed Yousuf Raza Gilani in 1994. But after a passage of over 14 years the project could not be completed.
Brigadier Aman said that on assuming the responsibility of PTDC he immediately paid the attention towards its completion and with the blessing of God it will be ready for inauguration sometime next month. "This will be a very beautiful and attractive tourist facility to be available for Karachiites", he observed.
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