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PAKISTAN CPEC AND TOURISM VINCULUM A CORRIDOR OF TOURISM OPPORTUNITIES IN PAKISTAN

08 Pages : 65-71

http://dx.doi.org/10.31703/gsr.2020(V-III).08      10.31703/gsr.2020(V-III).08      Published : Sep 2020

Pakistan - CPEC and Tourism Vinculum: A Corridor of Tourism Opportunities in Pakistan

    Geographical primacy plays a vital role in countrie's strategic position, creating economic benefits and influencing and shaping the region's dynamics. Pakistan's geo-strategic location is significant in South Asia, surrounded by large countries, waterways, countries, and essential oil reserves that have been blessed geographically. The key segments of OBOR initiated in Pakistan, known as CPEC. CPEC has provided Pakistan with the top-notch possibility to show its strong and diverse socio-cultural values. The tourism industry is significant to make a distinction in the lives of thousands of human beings. Tourism increases awareness, understanding, lowering poverty, creating jobs, and fostering improvement and tolerance. The new dimensions are arising from the route developing between Pakistan and China. Transport is an essential segment of the product; good routes increase comfortability and connectivity and reduce price and time between destinations.

    Pakistan, CPEC, Tourism, Gawadar, OBOR, Leiper's Model
    (1) Mohammad Alam
    Lecture; Department of Tourism & Hospitality, Hazara university, Mansehra, KP, Pakistan.
    (2) Riaz Ahmad
    Assistant Professor, School of Public Policy and Administration, Xian Jiaotong University, China.
    (3) Moldalieva Nargiza
    PhD, School of Public Affairs, Zhejiang University-China
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    APA : Alam, M., Ahmad, R., & Nargiza, M. (2020). Pakistan - CPEC and Tourism Vinculum: A Corridor of Tourism Opportunities in Pakistan. Global Sociological Review, V(III), 65-71. https://doi.org/10.31703/gsr.2020(V-III).08
    CHICAGO : Alam, Mohammad, Riaz Ahmad, and Moldalieva Nargiza. 2020. "Pakistan - CPEC and Tourism Vinculum: A Corridor of Tourism Opportunities in Pakistan." Global Sociological Review, V (III): 65-71 doi: 10.31703/gsr.2020(V-III).08
    HARVARD : ALAM, M., AHMAD, R. & NARGIZA, M. 2020. Pakistan - CPEC and Tourism Vinculum: A Corridor of Tourism Opportunities in Pakistan. Global Sociological Review, V, 65-71.
    MHRA : Alam, Mohammad, Riaz Ahmad, and Moldalieva Nargiza. 2020. "Pakistan - CPEC and Tourism Vinculum: A Corridor of Tourism Opportunities in Pakistan." Global Sociological Review, V: 65-71
    MLA : Alam, Mohammad, Riaz Ahmad, and Moldalieva Nargiza. "Pakistan - CPEC and Tourism Vinculum: A Corridor of Tourism Opportunities in Pakistan." Global Sociological Review, V.III (2020): 65-71 Print.
    OXFORD : Alam, Mohammad, Ahmad, Riaz, and Nargiza, Moldalieva (2020), "Pakistan - CPEC and Tourism Vinculum: A Corridor of Tourism Opportunities in Pakistan", Global Sociological Review, V (III), 65-71
    TURABIAN : Alam, Mohammad, Riaz Ahmad, and Moldalieva Nargiza. "Pakistan - CPEC and Tourism Vinculum: A Corridor of Tourism Opportunities in Pakistan." Global Sociological Review V, no. III (2020): 65-71. https://doi.org/10.31703/gsr.2020(V-III).08