Tourism in Gilgit-Baltistan

K2 as seen from Concordia
Nanga Parbat from Fairy Meadows
Babusar Top in Lulusar and Dudipatsar National Park.
Satpara Lake, Skardu, in 2002
Attabad Lake, Hunza

Tourism in Gilgit-Baltistan, an administered territory of Pakistan, focuses on its access to various mountain ranges and alpine terrain. Various tourist destinations attract millions of travelers from within Pakistan.[1] On the other hand, tourists from other countries also routinely visit GB.[2] An estimated 1.72 million tourists visited the region in 2017 according to the Pakistan Tourism Development Corporation (PTDC).[3] Travelers had contributed Rs.300 million to the local economy in 2017.[3] The authorities were expecting 2.5 million tourists in 2018 which would have meant an additional Rs.450 million to the economy.[3]

  1. ^ "Tourism economy of Gilgit-Baltistan". The Express Tribune. 12 May 2019. Retrieved 3 October 2023.
  2. ^ Gomal Amin &, Imran Khan (September 2019). "The impact of tourism on local communities and their environment in Gilgit Baltistan, Pakistan: a local community perspective". Environmental Socio-Economic Studies. 7 (3): 24. Bibcode:2019ESES....7c..24U. doi:10.2478/environ-2019-0015. S2CID 201726791 – via ResearchGate.
  3. ^ a b c "Tourism economy of Gilgit-Baltistan". The Express Tribune. 12 May 2019. Retrieved 3 October 2023.