The Kalam hotel assosiation has offered tourist 10 days free stay at hotels in the tourist destination of Madyan, Bahrain and Kalam . The offer is not properly publicised but the assosiation has asked tourist from across the country to visit the scenic valley of Swat form January 1 to 10

Summer tourism season ended a while ago in the valley but hoteliers said it was an effort to attract sightseers to Swat, once the hotspot of tourism. They said it would also promote winter tourism as people could enjoy the snowfall

Rahmatuddin Sadique the General Secretary of the hotel assosiation said the government aggred to bulit another ski resort in Kalam as the one in Malam Jabba is in dilapiated and suffered damage after Taliban captured it in 2008.

The NWFP government’s representatives met the owners of the hotels on December 20 to prepare a strategy for putting tourism sector back on track. They agreed to take several steps in this regard including repairing the Mingora-Kalam Road and Mataltan-Mahodhand Road and providing interest-free loan to the hotel owners, who suffered huge losses during the last three years. Sadique said they had finalised all arrangements to provide free stay to the visitors. “We have selected five hotels in Kalam alone and will offer more if needed,” he said.

there are about 25 to 30 military check posts from Mingora to Kalam but the military authorities had assured them to reduce their number to encourage tourists.

Rahmatuddin Sadique  said the tourists would buy food, fruits, embroideries and other local goods and thus help in reviving the economy. He said the army might hold a musical show to entertain tourists. He said until now they had not received any tourist in Swat.

Here are some   few pictures of Swat valley.

Pari is a high altitude lake in Upper Swat Valley. This picture was taken in mid July and u can see that lake is almost frozen.

Kundol is a large and beautiful lake of Swat Valley. This picture was taken on the way to Pari Lake. The Kundol lies at 9,900 ft above sea level.

The Mahodand Lake, meanig ‘the lake of fishes’ is a beautiful spot in Upper Swat Valley.

Desan Meadows is perhaps the most beautiful location in Swat.

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