Tourists being harassed while visiting historical places in Lahore
On one side, Punjab government makes tall cases of advancing tourism and encouraging the vacationers in the area yet then again, staff designated at various recorded locales is irritating voyagers, particularly those meeting from different nations, Pakistan Today has learnt.
Lahore, the common capital, has been acclaimed the world over for its recorded structures, landmarks and greenery enclosures, which encouraged it as an appealing city for the sightseers around the globe. As per Tourism Development Corporation Punjab (TDCP) authorities, more than 1.2 million visitors including inbound and outbound achieve Lahore every year to visit these memorable spots.
In any case, TDCP does not have precise figures of the voyagers going by the city.
Lahore Fort, Badshahi Mosque, Samadhi of Ranjit Singh, Shalamar Garden, Lahore Museum, Wazir Khan Mosque, Chauburji, Shahi Hamam, Jahangir's Tomb and the Walled City region of the city are the real visitor goals in the city.
Since the Walled City of Lahore Authority (WCLA) has been built up, the Lahore Fort, Shahi Hamam and Walled City fall under its purview. In like manner, other noteworthy spots and landmarks are being administrated by Archeology Department. The Islamic holy places and mosques are directed by Auqaf Department while sacred spots and landmarks fall under the locale of Evacuee Trust Property Board (ETPB).
Despite the fact that an extensive number of travelers visit such places, a large portion of the circumstances they need to confront bother because of the staff designated there. It has been watched that staff designated to control the voyagers acted up with the guests, particularly with the remote sightseers.
A traveler named Hamza said that he confronted mortification by staff at Shahi Mosque while chatting with his companions from the Netherlands, who came to Lahore particularly to visit these spots. He stated, "I took my companions at Shahi Mosque, yet when we were going to leave, we were ceased at the entryway and were requested to pay Rs500. When I enquired the explanation behind this installment, watches at the door revealed to me this was lease for protecting our shoes which is to be paid by everybody."
He additionally said that nobody was paying any penny against defending the shoes, and when he didn't consent to pay such sum, they debilitated them of critical results and requesting that they contact Auqaf Department which had selected them at the door. "In the interim, my outsider companions were watching the circumstance and they consented to pay the said sum. They gave a Rs1,000 note however we didn't get the rest of the sum," he included.
He additionally educated that they needed to confront embarrassment while going to the Samadhi of Ranjit Singh when they were ceased at the passage. "A Muslim man at security requesting that we bring our personality archives. When we gave the required stuff, he enabled my companions to go yet now me saying that Pakistanis were not permitted to go in," he stated, including that here as well, his remote companions' entrance was made contingent after contracting a nearby guide.
He additionally said that they needed to backpedal without going to the place. "I welcomed my companions to assemble a delicate picture of the nation, yet what we confronted was unforeseen and crippling for the sightseers," he stated, including that legislature should focus toward this issue.
Conversing with Pakistan Today, the ETPB Spokesman Amir Hashmi said that there was no confinement for anyone to visit wherever in Punjab which fell under its locale. He included that office will research the issue and will rebuff those associated with bothering the voyagers.
Authorities of Auqaf Department were likewise reached yet no one was accessible for remarks.!