{"id":5549,"date":"2023-12-19T10:46:49","date_gmt":"2023-12-19T10:46:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/voiceofmelange.global\/?p=5549"},"modified":"2023-12-19T10:46:51","modified_gmt":"2023-12-19T10:46:51","slug":"the-salam-pakistan-mobile-app-launched-by-ptdc","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/voiceofmelange.global\/?p=5549","title":{"rendered":"The \u2018Salam Pakistan\u2019 mobile app launched by PTDC"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery has-nested-images columns-default is-cropped wp-block-gallery-1 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"168\" data-id=\"5550\" src=\"https:\/\/voiceofmelange.global\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/IMG-20231219-WA0036.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-5550\"\/><\/figure>\n<\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>ISLAMABAD &#8212; The \u2018Salam Pakistan\u2019 mobile app launched by Pakistan Tourism Development Corporation (PTDC) will help increase tourist footfall across the country.<br>Talking about the development, Manager of PTDC tourism facilitation centres Mukhtar Ali told WealthPK that the app would provide a centralised platform to access comprehensive information regarding different tourist destinations, archaeological and heritage sites, itinerary services, residential and transportation facilities, medical aid, emergency help and other relevant services. \u201cDifferent linguistic approaches available on the app will make it more user-friendly. It will also help integrate the local business in many ways,\u201d he added.<br>\u201cValuable data related to international tourists\u2019 preferences, trends and behaviours will also be available on the platform. It will help make the tourism brand of Pakistan stronger and enhance its marketing approach,\u201d he said.<br>As soon as the app was operationalised, the tourism canvas of Pakistan would only be a click away across the world, he added. \u201cThe app would have links to tourism-related departments at both the provincial and federal levels, which will be a great help for the users. All these factors will make the tourism sector sustainable.\u201d<br>Ali said National Technology Council (NTC) was working with PTDC to activate the app. \u201cNTC is providing all the technical assistance to PTDC to launch the app,\u201d he said.<br>The platform contained loads of data related to archaeological places, their history, travel and accommodation facilities for the selected tourism destinations, booking details, nearby medical facilities and lot more, he added.<br>He said the app would also showcase Pakistan\u2019s tourism products. \u201cAll the stakeholders, companies, trade and business organisations will also be able to advertise them through the app.\u201d<br>Ali said that the app was an enduring effort aimed to revolutionise Pakistan\u2019s tourism sector. \u201cIt will lead to a remarkable surge in domestic and foreign tourist inflow, establishing a new market of trade and services.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>ISLAMABAD &#8212; The \u2018Salam Pakistan\u2019 mobile app launched by Pakistan Tourism Development Corporation (PTDC) will help increase tourist footfall across the country.Talking about the development, Manager of PTDC tourism facilitation&hellip; <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":5550,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-5549","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-national"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/voiceofmelange.global\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5549","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/voiceofmelange.global\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/voiceofmelange.global\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/voiceofmelange.global\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/voiceofmelange.global\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=5549"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/voiceofmelange.global\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5549\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5551,"href":"https:\/\/voiceofmelange.global\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5549\/revisions\/5551"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/voiceofmelange.global\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/5550"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/voiceofmelange.global\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=5549"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/voiceofmelange.global\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=5549"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/voiceofmelange.global\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=5549"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}