Tour Guide, Islamabad, Pakistan
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American business magazine Forbes published the report based on inputs by various travel companies, media organisations, solo travellers and bloggers, and included Pakistan along with Bhutan, Columbia, Mexico, Ethiopia, Madagascar, Mongolia, Rwanda, The Turkish Rivera and Portugal.
According to Tribune, Pakistan is fast becoming a tourism hub with its changing geo-strategic situation, improvement of internal as well as regional peace and liberalisation of tourists' visa policy. Sara Barbieri, a specialist with GeoEx said, "Explore the valleys of Hunza, Shigar and Khaplu via the renowned Karakoram Highway. This little-visited region in the far northeast of the country offers the kind of startlingly striking scenery that compels you to gaze from the window of your 4WD without blinking, for fear of missing a moment of the majesty of the landscape." Barbieri also emphasised the hospitality of the locals, glacial blue of Attabad Lake, the centuries of history, a juxtaposition of granite to greenery, the chance to walk through an age-old apricot orchard along water channels cut by hand, and the blazing snow-covered glory of Rakaposhi.
Pakistan recently announced plans to offer visa on arrival to nationals of 55 countries.