AOA brothers and sisters. ALHUMDULILAH I have just published an article about Pakistan's rich Buddhist history in one of the top Buddhist magazines in the world.
This piece is quite close to my heart as it shares how much Buddhist history and heritage there is in Pakistan. I wanted it to be featured by a Buddhist magazine so people of the faith and others worldwide would understand the significance of Pakistan vis-a-vis Buddhism. The article has beautiful images of Pakistan as well as details about Buddhist artifacts and sights in the country. I hope someone abroad gets motivated and travels to Pakistan because of all this rich heritage. And I hope you share this article as much as it helps the nation's narrative. I also want to thank Buddha Weekly for publishing this. PAKISTAN ZINDABAD!
Here is the link. Hope you like it and share.
https://buddhaweekly.com/buddhist-t...-20-picture-tour-of-important-buddhist-sites/
tourism is an industry and it is run like an industry which is managed by tourism dept with collaboration with tour operators who will do the advertisement in their countries. Govt jobs is to provided facilities, like transportation between 100s of site spread around 100s of KMs, lodging and food. In Pakistan tourism dept is run by nieces and nephews of rulers with no knowledge about this field. If I was a budhist living in Korea, China or Japan I would read your article and find myself interested in going to Pakistan but then I go around asking for tour packages and there i find none, i ask travel agents and they have no information about these sites because they did not read your article. But I was very persistent and start inquiring about these places and how to get there and i find none. I am not knowledgeable about Pakistan, their language and culture then how would some expect me to go there with all these issues.