Pakistan to Host International Conference on Sports Tourism

Karakoram International University (KIU), Gilgit-Baltistan will host a three-day international conference on promoting sports tourism in the country from September 23-25.

which will follow a visit to Hunza to watch cultural events including a polo match.

Vice-Chancellor, Prof Dr. Ataullah Shah, will be the convener, Associate Dean of the faculty of science, Dr. Tasawwar Baig, will be the secretary of the conference, and other speakers from the US, Germany, Malaysia, European Union will also participate in the conference.

The theme of the conference will be mountain sports, adventure sports and tourism, hard and soft sports tourism, sports tourism league, anti-doping laws, sports tourism development, impact sports tourism, health, environment, economics, and sports events management.