The D-8 Ministerial meeting on Tourism has adopted the Islamabad Declaration on Tourism Cooperation 2023.
The approval was given at the third D-8 Ministerial meeting in Bhurban, Murree, which was chaired by Advisor to the Prime Minister on Tourism and Sports Awn Chaudry.
The Declaration delineates member states’ commitments and policy guides to implement the D-8 Comprehensive Strategy on Tourism and Crescent Moon Initiative.
The Declaration also guides an adequate adaptation to climate change to strengthen the member states’ resilience against global warming and its repercussions.
Addressing the meeting, the D-8 Secretary-General Isiaka Abdulqadir Imam said the ultimate goal of D-8 is to create world-class tourist destinations in all member states.
He requested the ministers to provide policy guidelines to support the organization’s objective in tourism sector.