The Gilgit-Baltistan region in Pakistan is a top tourist destination and boasts about 13,000 glaciers. - Photo: AFP
GILGIT, (Pakistan): Pakistan will ban for five years the construction of new hotels around picturesque lakes in the north that attract tens of thousands of tourists each year, a government agency said.
Unregulated construction of hotels and guest houses in Gilgit-Baltistan – which boasts around 13,000 glaciers, more than any other country on earth outside the polar regions – has sparked major concerns about environmental degradation.
