Pakistan's earns 44 mln from travel services' export.

ISLAMABAD -- Pakistan earned $44.100 million by providing different travel services in various countries during the first two months of the financial year (2019-20).

This shows growth of 21.82 percent when compared to $36.200 million exports during the corresponding period of fiscal year (2018-19), Pakistan Bureau of Statistics (PBS) reported.

During the period under review, the personal travel services grew by 23 percent, from $35.480 million last year to $43.640 million during July-August (2019-20).

Among these personal services, the exports of health and education related services decreased by 91.86 percent and 17.54 percent respectively.

In addition, the exports of other personal services increased by 26.58 percent, out of which only religious travel services witnessed growth of 5900 percent.

On the other hand, the business services exports, however decreased by 36.11 percent during the period as its exports declined from $0.460 million to $0.720 million, the PBS data revealed.

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