GB Slashes Mountaineering, Trekking Fees to Promote Tourism

GB slashes mountaineering, trekking fees to promote tourism

Foreign tourists and porters rest at a camping site above Baltoro glacier in the Karakoram range of Pakistan’s mountain northern Gilgit region. — AFP/FileGILGIT: In a move aimed at boosting adventure tourism in the region, the Gilgit-Baltistan government has announced a significant...

G-B notifies revised mountaineering, trekking permit fees

GILGIT: Consequent upon a cabinet decision, the Gilgit-Baltistan Tourism, Sports, Culture, Archaeology & Museums Department has notified reduced permit fees for mountaineers and trekkers. The revised fee structure, released after the 16th cabinet meeting chaired by Chief Minister Haji Gulbar Khan on May 13, 2025, comes in response to growing criticism from tourism stakeholders over a September 2024 policy shift that had nearly tripled climbing p…