ISLAMABAD:Pakistan has made a big jump on International Travel and Tourism Development Index by moving up six places as per the latest report released by World Economic Forum (WEF).

The 2021 edition of the Travel and Tourism Development Index includes 117 countries. The index ranks the countries based on the set of factors and policies that enable the sustainable and resilient development of the travel and tourism industry of each country.

Managing Director of Pakistan Tourism Development Corporation, Aftab ur Rehman Rana, said Pakistan has been ranked 83rd, which is up from 89th place in the index’s previous edition of 2019. He said six points increase in the raking of Pakistan on global travel and tourism index is quite a significant progress.