KHYBER PAKHTUNKHWA CULTURE AND TOURISM AUTHORITY
Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Culture and Tourism Authority (KPCTA)
Tourism Corporation Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (TCKP) now Culture & Tourism Authority Khyber Pakhtunkhwa is a government organization (Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan Govt.) founded in 1991. TCKP now KPCTA is dedicated to developing the potential of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (Formerly NWFP) in Pakistan as a tourist-friendly destination and to deepening visitors’ understanding of the region while bringing new economic development to the province. TCKP seeks to make the province’s culture and history accessible and understandable to a diverse public to foster a sense of identity, place, and pride for the people. The Government of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa established TCKP as a public limited company in order to develop a setup for utilizing the tremendous potential of the province for tourism expansion. TCKP mission is to provide an enabling environment for the economic growth and sustainable development of the tourism sector in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, through the formulation and administration of policies and plans to regulate the tourism sectors. TCKP aims to make Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa the most preferred tourist destination. TCKP 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 and to develop the socio-economic conditions of the people and areas having tourism potential. TCKP also aims to gradually and systematically identify and develop all the existing and potential areas for attracting domestic and international tourists.
POLICY OBJECTIVES
Establish KP as a preferred tourism destination nationally and globally
Increase tourist traffic in the province by at least 10% every year over the next five year
Increase private sector investment (domestic and foreign) in the provincial tourism sector
Increase workforce quality in the sector to provide quality services in the short to medium term and position KP as source of world class tourism workforce in the long run
Establish a tourism quality assurance system in the province and ensure compliance in short to medium term and achieve global service standers in the long run
TCKP HAS BEEN ASSIGNED TO
- Promote and develop the tourism industry of the province by involving both the private and public sectors.
- The Government of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa established TCKP as a public limited company in order to develop a setup for utilizing the tremendous potential of the province for tourism expansion.
- Fully protect and preserve the culture, arts, history, heritage - both tangible & intangible, traditions, environment, and biodiversity of the target areas.
- Gradually and systematically identify and develop all the existing and potential areas for attracting domestic and international tourists.
- Develop the socio-economic conditions of the people and areas having tourism potential.
- Make TCKP a self-financing organization.
CONTACT DETAILS
Address: 13-A, Khyber Road, Peshawar.
Email: info@kptourism.com
Tel: +92 91 9211091
Fax: +92 91 9210871
