The government believes tourism industry is gaining momentum and more and more people are visiting Pakistan. Not only foreign tourists are coming to the country but also domestic tourism is showing upward trend, as luckily people are more aware and they are looking after natural beauty and rich cultural heritage.
The government has undertaken a number of steps to give boost to the tourism industry like facilitating tourists, easy procedures for obtaining visa and proper preservation of sites but promotion of tourism to a large extent depends upon private sector and friendly attitude of the people.
Pakistan is endowed with a rich and varied flora and fauna. High Himalayas, Karakoram and the Hindukush ranges with their alpine meadows and permanent snow line, coniferous forests down the sub-mountain scrub, the vast Indus plain merging into the great desert, the coastline and wetlands all offer a remarkably rich variety of vegetation and associated wildlife including avifauna, both endemic and migratory.
Northern Areas of Pakistan are spread over 72,496 square kilometers. Amidst towering snow-clad peaks with heights varying from 1,000 meters to over 8,000 meters, the valleys of Gilgit, Ghizer, Hunza and Skardu recall Shangri-La.
The people with typical costumes, folk dances, music and sports like polo provide the traveller an unforgettable experience.
Nowhere in the world there is such a great concentration of high mountains, peaks, glaciers and passes except Pakistan. Of the 14, over 8,000 peaks on earth, four occupy an amphitheatre at the head of Baltoro glacier in the Karakoram range.