Sarhad Tourism Corporation
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Sarhad Tourism Corporation set up as a limited company in 1991 to develop Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa's tourism potential.
It offers a variety of services in key tourist sites in Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa, as well as visits to attend the Shandur
Festival as well as to famous Buddhist monasteries like Takht Bhai
and Peshawar's old city historical sites like Sethi Mohallah
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It offers a variety of services in key tourist sites in Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa, as well as visits to attend the Shandur
Shandur
Shandur Top located in District Ghizer of Gilgit-Baltistan.Shandur-Top in Ghizer is often called the 'Roof of the World' where the Hindukush in Gilgit-Baltistan, Between Afghanistan and Gilgit-Baltistan and Karakorum mountainous ranges of Gilgit-Baltistan meet. The top is flat, a plateau and can...
Festival as well as to famous Buddhist monasteries like Takht Bhai
Takht Bhai
Takht Bhai is a Buddhist monastic complex dating to the 1st century BCE. The complex is regarded by archaeologists as being particularly representative of the architecture of Buddhist monastic centers from its era. It was listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 1980.The word Takht Bhai may...
and Peshawar's old city historical sites like Sethi Mohallah
Sethi Mohallah
Sethi Mohallah is an area in the heart of the walled city of Peshawar. The Mohallah contains seven houses built by the Sethis...
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Objectives
STC has been assigned to:- Promote and develop the tourism industry of the province by involving both the private and public sectors.
- Fully protect and preserve the culture, arts, history, heritage - both tangible & intangible,traditions, environment and biodiversity of the target areas.
- Develop the socio-economic conditions of the people and areas having tourism potential.
- Gradually and systematically identify and develop all the existing and potential areas for attracting domestic and international tourists.
- Make STC a self-financing organisation.