The transport sector is important to Pakistan’s economy. In 2005, it comprised about 10% of the country’s gross domestic product. Road transport was the dominant mode, accounting for 91% of passenger and 96% of freight traffic. The national highway network, consisting of 8,320 kilometers (km) of highways and 710 km of motorways, carried 75%–80% of all national traffic.
Tourism is one of the most dynamic sectors of the world. With total global demand reaching $7 trillion in 2007, it accounted for around 10% of the global gross domestic product and employed 240 million people. International tourist arrivals exceeded 880 million, with total receipts estimated at $700 billion.
Poor basic infrastructure that impeded economic cooperation in the Greater Mekong Subregion (GMS) underpinned the preparation of the Northern Greater Mekong Subregion (GMS) Transport Network Improvement Project.
Poor basic infrastructure that impeded economic cooperation in the Greater Mekong Subregion (GMS) underpinned the preparation of the Northern Greater Mekong Subregion (GMS) Transport Network Improvement Project.
Transport corridor 3 of the Central Asia Regional Economic Cooperation (CAREC) program runs from the People’s Republic of China (PRC) through Irkeshtam at the PRC–Kyrgyz Republic border and Karamyk at the Kyrgyz Republic–Tajikistan border toward several Central Asian countries, including Afghanistan and Pakistan to the south and Uzbekistan to the west.
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