PESHAWAR: The Tourism Corporation Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (TCKP) is all set to open tent villages and camping pods at scenic spots from Eidul Fitr to facilitate tourists during the ongoing tourism season in the province.

The two and four beds camping pods and tent villages in several tourist destinations, including Bishigram in Swat, Sharan in Kaghan, Thandiani in Abbottabad, Yakh Tangai in Shangla and Sheikh Badin in Lakki Marwat, have already been renovated and will be opened during Eid and onwards for the tourists throughout the tourism season, said an official statement issued here on Thursday.

TCKP managing director Junaid Khan directed the relevant quarters to keep the camping pods and tent villages open all the time to facilitate tourists.

He said that setting up camping pods at tourist spots was part of the process initiated by TCKP to facilitate tourists and promote tourism in the province.

Published in Dawn, May 31st, 2019

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