CONCEPT NOTE TOURISM AUTHORITY

OVERVIEW:

In wake of the eighteenth amendment & devolution process in April

2011 the Ministry of Tourism was wound up with the assets of the

Ministry transferred to the respective provincial departments in this

case tourism department and its attached formation the Tourism

Corporation. The regional office Peshawar of tourist Services with all

the powers to issue, renew licensing for tourism ventures and training

institute staff of hotel and management devolved to the province. It is

also worth maintaining that the province has edge in Ghandara or a

millennia old historical monuments.

RATIONALE:

The department of Tourism has now to deal with four of attached

formations almost with similar mandate. The requirement is to

eliminate compartmentalization and bring harmonization with better

utilization of material and technical resources. Keeping in view this

goal on the analogy of National Tourism Board or similar authorities

anywhere else Tourism Authority with the incumbent Secretary

Tourism as Chairman Board of Directors, with Chief Secretary as its

patron in Chief is the logical set up with line department secretaries

as members and relevant private sector / civil society as members

however ex-officio. The tourist training wing, tourists service wing,

archaeological sites attendants and curators and the Tourism

Corporation are clubbed as four subordinate wings under the

Chairman Authority each designated as team leader.

The organogram stands flexible with members of teams with support

or auxiliary personnel.

THE FRAME WORK:

Initially the Thrust of authority after initial promulgation as ordinance

and thus finally an act it provides one window to the entrepreneurs

related to Tourism industry. Initially public sector may lead to fill in the

vacuum lately options on circulation for the Chairman and thus

consensus approach to all matters be addressed too.

It is imperative that at all times the nation of hospitality and its

remittances may be encouraged within existing hujra, beetak and or

other guest rooms in the communities. The communities be

supported to support their heritage assets tourism resources and

culture. The maximum sharing of public private participation in

regular deliberations would encourage the authority at all levels down

to the hamlet and village in far flung mountainous areas too. The

forecast for investment which in this case is human capital

reallocation optimally would result an internet rate of both economic

and financial at fifteen percent without fears of insecurity and

terrorism. It is due to the partnership of local and private / civil sector.

TIME FRAME

The preparation of draft ordinance and thereafter act may not be

more than a man month job with out waiting for any assistance from

any quarters now to kick start. Thereafter a seed money of 5 through

ten billion Pakistani rupees be allocated as self-sustaining

endowment with equal amount for development inter alia in first 03

years.

FINANCIAL IMPLICATIONS

In the two through three and thereafter five years a lump sum grant in

aid between 15 to 50 million PKR may be required for detailed,

design and implementation with half of this amount as endowment

fund.