Adventure tourism hit hard by Covid-19
Globally over 75m jobs are at risk in tour and hospitality sectors, 48.7m in Asia-Pacific and 75,000 in Pakistan High
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Karakoram Ranges
Global tourist arrivals could fall by 80pc: reports
The pandemic causes a 22% decline in tourist arrivals in Q1, or $80bn loss, says UNWTO reports Herald Report
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Where did the name K2 come from?
In 1856, the Maharaja Gulab Singh ruled the Princely State of Jammu and Kashmir, with the blessing of the British.
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Covid-19 could increase gender inequalities in HKH
There is a need to focus responses on women in Hindu Kush-Himalayan (HKH) regions, write Chanda Gurung Goodrich and Kosar
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There’s still hope for Karakoram climbing in 2020
News Desk As some countries start to see light at the end of the COVID-19 tunnel and authorities struggle to
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Safeguarding public interest and role of bureaucracy
By Mesum Qasmi Bureaucracy has three major roles to play: maintain social order, implement laws and policies framed by
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Artwork depicting Hopar valley’s biodiversity, life on auction
Painting ‘Maintain the biodiversity of magnificent Hopar Valley’ by Tahir Bilal Umii. Credit: Gallry6 Gallery6 takes initiative to provide relief
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Tectonic effect of COVID-19 on tourism, hospitality sectors
Herald Report The worldwide spread of coronavirus that has devastated the global economy has also hit hard the tourism
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1931: The Silk Road meets the auto age
From the National Geographic archives, a look back at the Citroën-Haardt Trans-Asiatic Expedition. By BILL JONES GEORGES-MARIE HAARDT was
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A glacial surge in Hunza
by Peter Deneen. Less than one percent of the world’s glaciers are characterized as “surge-type” glaciers. The Karakoram in High
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Drone tech makes communities resilient to natural disasters
File photo of the confluence of Khurdopin and Yokshin Glacier and blockade of Verjherav glacio-fluvial stream. Credit: MIMCP HAH Report
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Italian climbing duo end GI&II bid after near-fatal crevasse fall
Simone Moro and his partner Tamara Lunger call off a plan to scale Gasherbrum I and II after injuries
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Five soldiers among 15 more killed by avalanches in Astore, Neelum Valley
Death toll surges to 110 in recent devastating snow and weather-related incidents
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Death toll rises to 100 in weather-related incidents
Over 76 confirmed dead and 94 injured in AJK’s, 31 in Balochistan and 2 in GB News Desk The
Read MoreClimate change: mountain water towers at risk, say scientists
Researchers have ranked the world’s most important, most threatened mountain water towers, provide new insight on mountain glacier–derived water resource systems, impacting up to 1.9 billion people globally
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