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Pakistan tourism set to soar, thanks to London-Islamabad flights

Skiiers at the Naltar Ski Resort in Pakistan’s remote mountainous north.

By: Keerthi Mohan

by NADEEM BADSHAH PAKISTAN is set for a tourism boom after British Airways (BA) resumed flights to the country this week for the first time in more than a decade, experts said. The airline is offering three flights a week from Heathrow airport to Islamabad, 11 years after suspending operations following a suicide bombing on the Marriott hotel in Islamabad that killed more than 50 people. Despite security fears, Pakistan has seen its annual visitor numbers soar from 563,000 in 2015 to 1.9 million last year. And the country is expected to become more popular for tourists after prime minister…

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