Pakistan, India agree to forge tourism links.

Byline: Imtiaz Muqbil

Apr. 23--South Asian tourism officials are to meet in the Pakistani capital of Islamabad this week to discuss ways to boost people-to-people "connectivity", a significant diplomatic upgrade from the former usage of the word "contacts".

The meetings of the UN World Tourism Organisation's Commissions for South Asia, East Asia and the Pacific will closely follow the 14th summit of South Asian leaders between April 3-4, at which several measures were tabled to fulfil what Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh called "the dream of full regional connectivity".

This language was reflected in the official summit communique which said that the South Asian leaders "recognised the importance of connectivity" in fulfilling …