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Visitors at Heritage Sites in Pakistan.Pdf Visitors at Heritage Site in Pakistan During January-December, 2015 January February March April May June Area/ attraction Foreigner National Foreigner National Foreigner National Foreigner National Foreigner National Foreigner National PAKISTAN 319 92705 378 79720 801 105763 565 93795 421 65602 216 38630 PUNJAB 245 70224 293 60819 359 81196 420 73017 263 49430 150 29578 Jhangirs Tomb, Lahore 20 5600 30 6500 50 8000 40 7600 20 5000 5 2500 Shalimar Garden, Lahore 39 34850 41 18366 58 34140 41 29435 31 24943 21 12400 Royal Fort (Shahi Qila), Lahore 100 15000 120 15350 130 15503 200 15755 70 5115 28 3172 Hiran Minar & Tank, Sheikhupura 10 8000 15 9500 20 10500 20 10000 10 6500 4 4000 Harappa, Sahiwal 34 3574 47 7903 51 8353 19 7427 12 5172 2 4506 Taxila, Rawalpindi 42 3200 40 3200 50 4700 100 2800 120 2700 90 3000 SINDH 10 11630 33 8497 375 12347 81 7049 63 5531 16 3074 Banbhore , Thatta. - 673 2 541 4 741 1 433 2 469 - 312 Makli Hill Monument, Thatta 8 3750 15 3842 250 1200 53 2142 40 2050 - 485 Moenjodaro, Larkana. - 5655 16 2511 121 9476 27 3797 18 2608 16 1392 Umerkot Fort, Tharparkar. 2 1552 - 1603 - 930 - 677 3 404 - 885 KHYBER PAKHTUNKHWA. 64 10851 52 10404 67 12220 64 13729 95 10641 50 5978 Remains of Takht-i-Bhai, Mardan 12 10000 2 9800 7 11500 9 13300 8 10400 - 5100 Butkara Site Museum, Saidu Sharif, Swat 2 151 - 4 - 20 - 29 2 41 - 678 Julian Site, Haripur 50 700 50 600 60 700 55 400 85 200 50 200 BALOCHISTAN 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Contd.. Visitors at Heritage Site in Pakistan During January-December, 2015 July August September October November December Area/ attraction Foreigner National Foreigner National Foreigner National Foreigner National Foreigner National Foreigner National PAKISTAN 503 275213 846 239245 807 253680 1179 234448 885 247819 1397 268845 PUNJAB 439 221498 747 220426 695 216199 1062 215653 732 233716 771 250856 Jhangirs Tomb, Lahore 13 17345 45 9250 20 10000 30 10500 40 11000 25 17000 Shalimar Garden, Lahore 29 39065 31 30005 23 28600 130 33675 144 29253 105 23027 Royal Fort (Shahi Qila), Lahore 162 65115 201 114172 179 140860 367 139340 241 162201 326 169321 Hiran Minar & Tank, Sheikhupura 4 10522 16 14500 10 12000 15 12000 2 12500 10 19000 Harappa, Sahiwal 4 15820 13 6527 17 11890 19 6600 23 6639 50 8010 Taxila, Rawalpindi 227 73631 441 45972 446 12849 501 13538 282 12123 255 14498 SINDH 7 12683 25 7110 42 11770 38 4373 48 4963 126 8643 Banbhore , Thatta. 3 1013 1 661 - 674 1 448 1 441 3 510 Makli Hill Monument, Thatta 2 467 - 1119 - 527 - 436 4 750 5 600 Moenjodaro, Larkana. 2 9418 24 911 38 9565 36 2847 37 2773 114 4584 Umerkot Fort, Tharparkar. - 1785 - 4419 4 1004 1 642 6 999 4 2949 KHYBER PAKHTUNKHWA. 57 41032 74 11709 70 25711 79 14422 105 9140 500 9346 Remains of Takht-i-Bhai, Mardan 5 40700 3 10900 14 25200 7 13800 4 8400 400 8800 Butkara Site Museum, Saidu Sharif, Swat 2 32 1 9 1 11 2 22 1 40 - 46 Julian Site, Haripur 50 300 70 800 55 500 70 600 100 700 100 500 BALOCHISTAN Source:-Department of Archaeology and Museum, Punjab, Sindh, KP & Balochistan Visitors at Heritage Site in Pakistan During January-December, 2016 January February March April May June Area/ attraction Foreigner National Foreigner National Foreigner National Foreigner National Foreigner National Foreigner National PAKISTAN 929 255728 913 275587 977 272340 1028 235276 649 204256 296 188745 PUNJAB 840 240229 622 251089 689 248959 627 211640 441 182426 227 170499 Jhangirs Tomb, Lahore 50 16000 40 17000 73 18000 40 16000 50 16000 38 13040 Shalimar Garden, Lahore 123 16588 7 38520 150 35000 125 21000 100 20000 20 6000 Royal Fort (Shahi Qila), Lahore 309 167436 256 152346 209 157936 197 123345 97 93365 88 101352 Hiran Minar & Tank, Sheikhupura 25 17500 30 19000 50 21000 30 19000 40 19000 - 4007 Harappa, Sahiwal 27 6550 31 6577 27 7471 7 5425 - 4834 1 3128 Taxila, Rawalpindi 306 16155 258 17646 180 9552 228 26870 154 29227 80 42972 SINDH 40 5388 220 8073 236 8446 287 8005 143 12591 19 15846 Banbhore , Thatta. 10 625 8 2494 - 1909 4 1292 13 2828 5 1812 Makli Hill Monument, Thatta 5 700 150 1150 180 1650 251 3000 120 7000 8 12000 Moenjodaro, Larkana. 21 2958 56 3284 56 3584 30 2836 10 1606 6 1070 Umerkot Fort, Tharparkar. 4 1105 6 1145 - 1303 2 877 - 1157 - 964 KHYBER PAKHTUNKHWA. 49 10111 71 16425 52 14935 114 15631 65 9239 50 2400 Remains of Takht-i-Bhai, Mardan 19 9100 1 15600 2 14200 41 15100 9 8800 - 2200 Butkara Site Museum, Saidu Sharif, Swat - 11 - 25 - 35 23 31 6 39 - - Julian Site, Haripur 30 1000 70 800 50 700 50 500 50 400 50 200 BALOCHISTAN Contd.. Visitors at Heritage Site in Pakistan During January-December, 2016 July August September October November December Area/ attraction Foreigner National Foreigner National Foreigner National Foreigner National Foreigner National Foreigner National PAKISTAN 599 371714 384 266640 470 322696 699 262322 468 248865 1112 283272 PUNJAB 517 327716 314 248942 392 289671 445 252706 340 232227 539 258549 Jhangirs Tomb, Lahore 78 35850 62 40859 86 52572 72 56792 30 15000 50 16330 Shalimar Garden, Lahore 38 50790 27 20000 39 28000 45 19650 35 29840 50 31140 Royal Fort (Shahi Qila), Lahore 158 131326 101 143333 131 167343 111 152043 162 162675 202 179575 Hiran Minar & Tank, Sheikhupura 51 35000 - 14000 13 9100 - 6400 - 9900 - 12700 Harappa, Sahiwal 6 20160 11 7202 8 10930 30 5825 6 7282 50 7842 Taxila, Rawalpindi 186 54590 113 23548 115 21726 187 11996 107 7530 187 10962 SINDH 19 17270 15 15578 24 16682 148 7993 66 8004 507 11271 Banbhore , Thatta. 3 3188 4 4012 3 3139 13 500 4 600 22 1100 Makli Hill Monument, Thatta - 3995 4 3039 10 4933 19 3964 30 3050 33 4740 Moenjodaro, Larkana. 16 7351 7 1703 11 6930 115 2360 30 3056 452 4290 Umerkot Fort, Tharparkar. - 2736 - 6824 - 1680 1 1169 2 1298 - 1141 KHYBER PAKHTUNKHWA. 63 26728 55 2120 54 16343 106 1623 62 8634 66 13452 Remains of Takht-i-Bhai, Mardan 12 26500 4 1800 14 16023 20 1402 8 8409 12 13012 Butkara Site Museum, Saidu Sharif, Swat 1 28 1 20 - 20 26 21 4 25 4 40 Julian Site, Haripur 50 200 50 300 40 300 60 200 50 200 50 400 BALOCHISTAN Source:-Department of Archaeology and Museum, Punjab, Sindh, KP & Balochistan Visitors at Heritage Site in Pakistan During January-December, 2017 January February March April May June Area/ attraction Foreigner National Foreigner National Foreigner National Foreigner National Foreigner National Foreigner National PAKISTAN 574 269277 677 466483 951 497810 704 273347 527 239814 304 324131 PUNJAB 471 242907 536 445988 797 471339 564 261200 449 225284 245 291560 Jhangirs Tomb, Lahore 40 6740 102 18200 201 17000 40 13000 25 26000 30 18000 Shalimar Garden, Lahore 25 13740 29 11585 31 27280 17 17910 27 8117 32 14955 Royal Fort (Shahi Qila), Lahore 269 201382 300 394043 312 396300 121 189201 92 144771 86 144872 Hiran Minar & Tank, Sheikhupura - 5900 - 5583 17 8000 61 20000 2 27000 22 60000 Harappa, Sahiwal 7 6862 17 8279 37 7464 15 5450 13 4456 5 28842 Taxila, Rawalpindi 130 8283 88 8298 199 15295 310 15639 290 14940 70 24891 SINDH 55 8372 89 9652 38 8240 31 4796 28 10998 24 10142 Banbhore , Thatta. 9 300 8 300 - 300 6 22 2 405 - 600 Makli Hill Monument, Thatta 13 3813 16 5138 - 3815 18 1400 7 7800 14 5477 Moenjodaro, Larkana. 30 3280 65 3395 38 2965 5 2116 18 1718 10 790 Umerkot Fort, Tharparkar. 3 979 - 819 - 1160 2 1258 1 1075 - 3275 KHYBER PAKHTUNKHWA. 48 17998 52 10843 116 18231 109 7351 50 3532 35 22429 Remains of Takht-i-Bhai, Mardan 15 17338 17 10534 68 17558 44 6800 - 3310 5 22000 Butkara Site Museum, Saidu Sharif, Swat 3 60 - 9 13 73 15 251 - 22 - 29 Julian Site, Haripur 30 600 35 300 35 600 50 300 50 200 30 400 BALOCHISTAN N.A = Not Available Contd.. Visitors at Heritage Site in Pakistan During January-December, 2017 July August September October November December Area/ attraction Foreigner National Foreigner National Foreigner National Foreigner National Foreigner National Foreigner National PAKISTAN 472 404365 405 285900 552 287476 567 292781 650 338260 645 518286 PUNJAB 414 383046 329 256734 446 260444 443 272798 467 312914 454 490300 Jhangirs Tomb, Lahore 40 7500 30 8725 10 8500 66 7957 69 6412 83 9023 Shalimar Garden, Lahore 39 13595 27 15657 23 12605 23 12580 38 10540 48 17200 Royal Fort (Shahi Qila), Lahore 162 309388 88 169209 162 201727 88 218239 139 269173 139 419919 Hiran Minar & Tank, Sheikhupura 9 20000 22 30000 15 16000 12 17500 23 12530 25 24000 Harappa, Sahiwal 3 7173 5 17305 19 11237 8 7215 15 7364 15 9985 Taxila, Rawalpindi 161 25390 157 15838 217 10375 246 9307 183 6895 144 10173 SINDH 23 9638 29 14430 51 6762 69 5578 40 5811 105 7460 Banbhore , Thatta. 1 1200 1 1105 - 800 10 350 10 445 14 600 Makli Hill Monument, Thatta 11 3200 15 2720 22 1600 8 1100 3 1310 11 1566 Moenjodaro, Larkana.
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