PESHAWAR - Khyber Pakhtunkhwa government finalized ‘Maizban’ a homestay project to promote tourism in the province. The project will be finally launched on December 15, 2025. Initially, the project would be launched at a cost of Rs.
395 million, providing interest-free loans of up to Rs. 3 million to local house owners in tourists’ attractive districts to offer quality accommodation facilities to tourists. The decision was made in a meeting of the Tourism Department, held here at Chief Minister’s Secretariat on Tuesday with Chief Minister Ali Amin Khan Gandapur in the chair.
Besides, Advisor to Chief Minister on Tourism Zahid Chan Zeb, Secretary Tourism Bakhtiar Khan and Director General (DG) KP Culture & Tourism Authority (KPCTA) Tashfeen Haider, the representatives of other relevant departments also attended the meeting. The meeting thoroughly reviewed the various aspects of project implementation and made important decisions to this effect. The meeting decided that locals interested in providing accommodation to tourists within their premises would either build at least two new rooms or renovate existing ones as per standard set by the department.
These rooms would offer all essential facilities for tourists, including bathrooms and kitchens. It was decided that, initially, the project will be launched in Upper Chitral, Lower Chitral, Upper Dir, Lower Dir, Mansehra, Abbottabad, and Swat districts. The loans to be provided to local residents, would be distributed th.