Karachi: Two private sector aviation companies have launched a weekly flight service to shuttle tourists between Karachi and the world-renowned archeological site Mohenjo Daro near Larkana in Sindh.
The day-long tour - including visiting the 5,000 year-old site of Indus Valley civilization - will cost each passenger Rs30,000. The flight service every Sunday departs Karachi at 9am and returns at 5pm. A visit to a nearby specially-developed Safari resort at the lake site is an added feature of the tour package.
The winter and spring season is the most favourable period to tour the site of Mohenjo Daro in view of the mild weather conditions.
The Pakistan Civil Aviation Authority has also decided to install a new air-conditioning system at the Mohejo Daro Airport to facilitate tourism.
Sindh Culture and Tourism Minister Syed Sardari Ali Shah recently met the owners of the private tour operator arranging the special tourist service.
Shah said that Sindh possessed massive potential to promote tourism in the country. He said the Sindh Tourism Development Corporation had built resorts and motels at important tourist attractions of the province. Festivities to celebrate 100 years since the discovery of the Mohejo Daro site were being held, the minister added.
He said a “Heritage village” at the site of Moheno Daro was being built to educate visitors about the lifestyle and culture of the people of Indus Valley civilisation.
He asked private tour operators to launch similar flight service for Thar and Nagarparkar areas of Sindh.
